obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
clear; precise; definite; distinct
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
title; heading; article; benevolence; friendly feeling
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
interception; counter-attack
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
another thing; other things; another man's property
emergency; urgency; imminence
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
still (continuing); as ever; further
moderate; proper; just right
on the way back; returning
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
to consult somebody; to talk something over
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
level; standard; water level
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
reinforcement; strengthening
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold