(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
power; authority; influence
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
the positive and the negative
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
uninhabited island; desert island
drifting; drift; being adrift
fifth day of the month; five days
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
rest; break; recess; intermission
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to lose heart; to lose motivation
sweet voice; seductive voice
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
nape (of the neck); nucha
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
leaving everything up to someone else
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget