immediately; right away; on the spot
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
as you see; as you can see
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to spend time (on doing something)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate