bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
(water-filled) paddy field
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
coined word; coinage; neologism
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to play a leading role; to play a central part
sphere; circle; range; category
reaching; attaining; arrival
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
rescue operation; aid operation; rescue work
Everyone is safe (all right)
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
disinformation; false information
each field; various circles
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
call; summons; convening; convocation
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land