1000 ri; (a) long distance
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
industrialized nation; industrialised nation
as (for); for; in the capacity of
Europe and America; the West
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
highest level; high-water mark
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to run about; to rush about
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
moment; brief space of time
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
one's later years; final years (in life)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
way; method; means; resource; course
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
some people; a few people; several people
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
landing; alighting; touch down
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)