painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
such; like that; that sort of; very
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
next term; next period; next version; next release
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
instability; insecurity; crankiness
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to govern; to manage; to subdue
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
impossible; unlikely; improbable
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
simply; merely; only; solely
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
general; popular; common; typical
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous