nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
3000; three thousand; many
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
form; shape; figure; morph
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
moisture; humidity; dampness
something; some kind of; for some reason
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
consumption; expenditure; spending
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to order; to command; to appoint
much less; to say nothing of
restlessly; in continuous motion
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on