iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to join together; to combine; to join up
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence
all eyes; public attention
person concerned; interested party; related party
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
fast-talking; rapid talking
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
posterity; future life; life to come
point of an argument; drift of an argument
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
big frame; large figure; huge body
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
point in question (at issue)
order; sequence; procedure
armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate
commander; general; leader
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
fragment; one of the group or party
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder