fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to hang (something) on the wall
restoration; revival; resurgence
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
material (data) for one's research; research material
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
stopping functioning; being out of service
metal plate; metallic plate
portrait; likeness; picture
reign; being on the throne
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to form a pair; to pair up
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
hello; good day; good afternoon
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
metallic sound; metallic clank
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)