book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
blur; blurred; indistinct
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
special training; intensive training; crash course
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
locomotive; (train) engine
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
vent; ventilation opening
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
per person; per capita; per head
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
moment by moment; hour by hour
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
feather; plume; plumage; down
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial