be on your guard!; take care!
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
military service; combat experience
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
to remain married for life
remaining; left-over; excess
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
still better; even better
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
one party; one faction; one clique
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
unless (you do something)
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength