focusing (e.g. light); convergence
retry; another try; another go
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
this is why; this means; it is the case that
reasoning; logic; persuasion
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
positive and negative; +-; plus and minus
as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
precarious situation; precarious state
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
1000 ri; (a) long distance
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
(one) letter; (one) character
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself