able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
trusting too much; overestimating ability
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
even though; despite; when
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
garden pond; miniature lake; fountain
fifth day of the month; five days
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
opinion; point of view; visual point
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
water cycle; hydrologic cycle
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
southern part; the south (of a region)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign