to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
war fan; commander's war fan
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
world; society; people; the public
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
22nd day of the month; 22 days
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
delivering food (to elderly); meals on wheels
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
manual laborer; manual labourer
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to gain strength; to have energy
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
per person; per capita; per head