to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
to step back; to walk backwards
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasp; catch; understanding
full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
accomplishment; execution
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
toast; congratulatory cup
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
heaven and earth; universe
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
such; like that; that sort of; very
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
national fortunes; destiny of a country
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
human intellect; knowledge
mobilization; mobilisation
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
widower; divorced man not remarried
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck