method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
extermination; annihilation
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend