poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
gale; violent (strong) wind
house; dwelling; human habitation
great depth; bottomless; great height
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to need; to call for; to require
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
family a woman has married into
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to lose one's way; to get lost
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
maintenance; preservation; improvement
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
the reason is ...; it is because ...
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
(navigable) canal; waterway
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
offense and defense; offence and defence
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
important place; strategic point; critical location