neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
mountaineering club; mountain area
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
commander; commanding officer; CO
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
what's what; heads or tails
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
to set a watch; to post guards
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
concreteness; feasibility
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent