rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to explain adequately; to be accountable
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
each; (arch.) you (plural)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
intercept; interception; counter-attack
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)