deserted village; poor village
many; much; plenty; hardly
soldier; combatant; warrior
body; group; party; company; troupe
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to use and then throw away
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
good-looking; fair; beautiful
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK