putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
hit point; health point; HP; health
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
boring; dull; uninteresting
loud shout; excited cheering
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
fate; destiny; predestination
you could say; you might say; verging on the
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark