to go ahead; to pull ahead
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
dead person; deceased person
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
absolutely; positively; decidedly
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
just because; even if; even though
personal feelings; self-interest
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
critical condition; being on the verge of death
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
at first; in the beginning; originally
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
whole nation; whole land; whole country