route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
fort; stronghold; fortification
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
successive generations; successive emperors
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
nothing but; except; no more than
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
increase in population; population growth
to crouch; to squat; to cower
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
button (clothing); push-button; button
as soon as possible; ASAP
center; centre; metropolis
second basement level; subbasement
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection