large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
thorough; exhaustive; complete
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
materials; data; document
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
danger; peril; hazard; risk
shoji (paper sliding door)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)