China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
siren (in Greek mythology)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
outside world; physical world
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point