commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to sob; to be choked with tears
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
act of mercy; helping another person
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
point of compromise; common ground
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
close to the wall; alongside the wall
number of articles; quantity
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
hard of hearing; unfamiliar
the people; citizens; the populace
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
(sound of one's) heartbeat
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
river; stream; River; the ... river
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
(made of) stone; stone-built
to claim victims; to leave casualties
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)