fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to mark the end; to spell the end
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
after the end (of something); post-
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
just one person; only one
presence; sitting with; being with
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
wise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten