to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
reality; actuality; hard fact
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
with these words; while saying
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
strongest ever; most powerful in history
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
unconditionally; as a rule
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
man-god; person enshrined as a god
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain