dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
party-internal; within the party
shock therapy; shock treatment
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
expected value; expectation value; expectation
monthly publication; monthly issue
revealing talk; insider talk; inside story
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
stop (on a trip); destination
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
Virgo (constellation); the Virgin
Cancer (constellation); the Crab
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
to sentence; to assign a penalty
heir; inheritor; successor
popular person; favorite; favourite
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves