disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
right in the center (centre)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
quiet; still; surreptitious
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
on the sea; surface of the sea
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
older brother; elder brother
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
telecommunications company; telco
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
stairs; stairway; staircase
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
several people; a few people
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see