long ago; already; a long time ago
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to be able to manage somehow or another
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to join forces; to cooperate
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
normalcy; normality; normal
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem