to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
a great variety of; diversity
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to happen to meet; to come across
how; in what way; by what means
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up