surface of the earth; ground surface
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
big frame; large figure; huge body
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
electricity; (electric) light
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
magnetism; magnetic force
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
iron sand; magnetite sand
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to burst open; to pop; to split
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
restoration; repair; mending
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to blow off; to be blown off
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade