fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
society; public; community; social studies
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
at once; immediately; right now
without; but if; otherwise; or else
now that; since; so long as; because
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
murder; killing; murderer
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
universal love (regardless of race, borders, religion, etc.); universal benevolence
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to become pale; to turn pale
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
eye measurement; measure with eye
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
resignation; acceptance; consolation
whichever one chooses; either way
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
black lustre; black luster