efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to follow another's example
will; testament; last request
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
useless; no good; hopeless
seeing is enjoying; looking doesn't cost a thing
how many times; how often
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
ferryboat; ferry; passenger boat; shared fishing boat
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
all night long; all through the night
to get out of bed; to show a leg
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
100,000; hundred thousand
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold