clearing one's throat; cough
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
mountain range; mountain belt
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
large build; large pattern
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
fluent (in a language); flowing
study of foreign languages; linguistics
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to put on airs; to assume importance
poaching (fish or seafood)
means of transportation; means of transport
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
than; other than; except; but
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to enter into diplomatic relations
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to detain; to check; to restrain
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
gynecology department; gynecology
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)