continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
right (to do something); authority; power
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
emperor (of Japan); mikado
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required