hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
rare; extraordinary; singular
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
warehouseman; storekeeper
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
along the river; riverside
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
guess; conjecture; surmise
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
site; point on a map; spot
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to brave a danger; to take a risk
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
suppression; repression; subjugation
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that