for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
right in the center (centre)
at that time; in those days
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
generation; the world; the age
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to shave off; to scrape off
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
casualties; the killed and wounded
100,000,000; one hundred million
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
in history; ever; historical
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
calamity; disaster; misfortune
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
after that; afterwards; thereafter
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe