probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be found; to be discovered
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
choices; alternatives; options
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
in that way; like that; that way
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
with a broad grin; smirking
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to sell off; to sell completely
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to hand (over); to deliver in person
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
in succession; one by one
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)