vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
gem; jewel; precious stone
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
Atlantis; Atlantis (space shuttle)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
tradition; legend; folklore
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
eruption; volcanic eruption
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
terrain; geographical features; topography
each house; every house; many houses
to dye; to colour; to color
must-see; not to be missed; a must
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
four characters; four letters
to face on; to look out on to
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
difference; discrepancy; variation
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
utmost limit; extremity; result
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
almost; roughly; approximately
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)