relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
water damage; flood disaster
1,000,000; one million; million; many
(death from) starvation; starving to death
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
true state; actual condition; reality
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
student (esp. a university student)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
Arduous March; North Korean famine of the late 1990s
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to lower one's fishing line (into water)
almost; roughly; approximately
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
calamity; disaster; misfortune
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
residence; housing; residential building
medical care; medical treatment