victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
scrape-scrape; with a scraping sound
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
lightly; easily; carelessly
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
soldier; combatant; warrior
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
that day; the very same day
longed-for; anxiously awaited
occurrence; happening; incident; event
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive