country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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)