elegance; taste; refinement
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
this sort of; this type of
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to kidnap (esp. by force or deception); to abduct; to snatch
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
rare; extraordinary; singular
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
warehouseman; storekeeper
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
wide (esp. of clothing); broad
along the river; riverside
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
guess; conjecture; surmise
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
spot; point; place; position
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to brave a danger; to take a risk
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing