Goguryeo (ancient Korean kingdom; 37 BCE-668 CE); Koguryo
hereditary system; hereditary succession
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
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
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
unfairness; injustice; partiality
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
(in) his way; peculiar to him
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
rebel; traitor; insurgent
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
source of funds; resources; finances
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
amount of money; sum of money
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule