pale; pallid; bluish-white
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
repaying kindness with gratitude
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
close call; narrow escape
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
nothing but; except; no more than
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
decisive; resolute; drastic
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
maintaining the status quo
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma