thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
serious; not joking; straight
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
go that far; to that extent
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
Liu Xuande (founder of the Shu-Han dynasty)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
water damage; flood disaster
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
being too late; losing one's final chance
to repeat; to do something over again
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to manage a state; to govern a country
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)