nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
regret; repentance; remorse
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
failure; mistake; blunder
how many years; how long; what year
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
danger; peril; hazard; risk
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
white line; linea alba (anot.)
inside; interior; inner part
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
tottering steps; drunken staggering
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to collapse into; to flop onto
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
as if nothing had happened
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance