opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
vigorously ...; suddenly ...
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
countermeasure; counter-measure
battlefield; battleground
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
chain; series; connection; linkage
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)