baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
only extant copy; only existing copy
two classes; double; two sets
apropos of nothing; to change the subject
very loud volume; megavolume
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
within; inside of; less than
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to put one's life on the line
defense; defence; protection
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
serious; severe; grave; acute
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
odds and ends; all; every
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
going through; going via; going by way of
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another