being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
evanescent glory; passing prosperity
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
24th day of the month; 24 days
Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
beginning; outset; first; onset
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
material; materials; data; information; documents
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
essentially the same with only minor differences
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
discovery; detection; finding
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
one large ...; a great ...
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding