probability; likelihood; chances
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
striking; remarkable; considerable
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to be surprised; to be astonished
one's home country; one's homeland
Society of Jesus; Jesuits
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
letter; missive; note; mail
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too much; excessively; too
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point