elucidation; explicit statement; specification
point in question (at issue)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
useless; vain; aimless; idle
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
massing (of troops); gathering
closely-guarded secret; top secret
official announcement; proclamation
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
nervousness; oversensitivity
to control; to command; to get the better of
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
country; territory; domain; realm
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
distinction; discrimination
one lump; one body; one group
recovery; undoing; recall
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
at the meeting; on the occasion
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to claim victims; to leave casualties
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring