to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
manipulation of information; spin
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
main question; real issue at hand
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
as usual; as is one's habit
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
outline; summary; argument
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
paper width; allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space; binding for calligraphy and paintings
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
as everyone knows; needless to point out
to govern; to manage; to subdue
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
origin; source; beginning; starting point
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
ingenuity; resourcefulness
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
pack of lies; complete fabrication