to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
colorless and transparent
neutral colour; neutral color; achromatic (colour, color)
to be hot on a person's heels
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to be born; to come into this world
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
normalization; normalisation
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
pull; patronage; tug; discount
work-in-progress; working state
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
unskilled; not very good at
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
amount of money; sum of money
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
to maintain; to continue to have
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of