forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
reinforcements; relief column
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
cripple; disabled person; invalid
making practical; making useful; implementing
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
commerce; trade; business
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to lose one's way; to get lost
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
several items; many items
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped
geothermal electric power generation