dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
100,000; hundred thousand
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
technical research institute
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
preparation; arrangements
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
now; the present time; just now; another; more
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
fund-raising; fund collecting
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
if so; in that case; in that situation
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing