expenses; costly; expensive
two legs; two feet; two pairs
spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down
to complete one's journey
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
personage; person (deserving of respect)
allegiance; obedience; submission
midsummer; height of summer
investiture of the Crown Prince
to strut; to swagger; to walk arrogantly
you could say; you might say; verging on the
token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearances
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
in good health; alive and well; going strong
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
the same rank; equality; apposition
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
in the midst of the enemy
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
agile, flexible (e.g. of corporate management); nimble; quick to respond
something like that; that sort of thing; something natural; something plausible
to cover fully; to wrap around
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
15th day of the month; 15 days
port city; harbor city; harbour city