to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
this is why; this means; it is the case that
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
wounded person; injured person
calm; composed; cool; quiet
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
gilt; guilt; gilt-edged security; gilt
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
with a start; with a jump
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
environment; circumstance
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
latent disposition; inner feelings
two (long cylindrical things)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl