increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
small number; few; minority
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
way (of doing); manner; method; means
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
position; location; base; point; site
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
Guo Jia (2nd century CE Chinese commander)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
scattered; separated; dispersed
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
having said that; on the other hand
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to be erected; to be built
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
function; facility; faculty; feature
production; output; turning out
many; much; plenty; hardly