to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
a long time ago; in those days
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
space; interval; space character; whitespace
change; transition; vicissitudes
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
half a ri (distance measure)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
the whole island; all the islands (of a group)
thickly; densely; luxuriantly