brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
impression given by a painting or image
gossip; corner of the mouth
degeneration; retrogression
authenticity; credibility
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to be discouraged; to shrink from
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
consists of; comprises; is made up of
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
low (level, value, price, etc.)
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
seriously addicted online game junky
scandal; deplorable event
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)