optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
Baekje (ancient Korean kingdom; 18 BCE-660 CE); Paekche
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
social unrest; public anxiety
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
timewise; temporal; chronal
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
import; importation; introduction; afferent
edict; ordinance; proclamation
to put into effect; to put into practice
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
correlation; interrelation
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
lack of knowledge or understanding
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous