large triple gate to temple
Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
Charon (moon of Pluto); Charon (Greek god)
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
by sheer strength; by brute force
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into