period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
troops; group members; team members
rather; better; instead; if anything
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm