explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
telecommunications; correspondence
pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
broadcasting station; broadcaster
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
unproductive; counterproductive
another; different; separate; discrete
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to speak ill of; to disparage
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
I told you so; you see that?
forced to use; forced into a position
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms period (of Korean history, 57 BCE-668 CE)
cardioplegia; heart attack
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
black kite (Milvus migrans)
serialization; serialisation; serial story