term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
visual confirmation; sighting
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
government office; agency; board
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to tower over the surroundings
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
region; limits; stage; level
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
every place; various places
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
Dragon King; promoted rook
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
descendant; posterity; offspring
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
in accordance with; according to
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to give directions; to issue instructions
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
anything and everything; just about everything
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
chalk (mineral); white wall
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up