three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
place; situation; position; location
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
declaration; proclamation; announcement
coincident with; while; simultaneously
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
long time; long interval; for quite some time
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
danger; peril; hazard; risk
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
by myself; in person; by oneself
those (near the second person)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
one large ...; a great ...
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
man of the hour; woman of the hour
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household