command; lead; generalship; leadership
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
arrangement of stones in a garden
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
reigning; controlling; dictating
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
pleased to make your acquaintance
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
memory; sense; experience
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to overcome (a difficulty)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
knowing; (an) acquaintance