assertion; declaration; affirmation
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
solitude; loneliness; isolation
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
future (usually near); prospects
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
alternation of generations
transfer; assignment; conveyance
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
pointing out; identification
to speak; to say; to vocalize
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
from outside; from the side
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
settlement; solution; resolution
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
forcibly; against one's will
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about