extra-large portion; extra-sized serving
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
members; member; constituent
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
all over Japan; throughout Japan
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
by any means, fair or foul
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
instead; but (on the other hand)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
customer traffic; customers; custom
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be burned out (of one's home)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
to be in danger of; to be liable to
third day of the month; three days
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to accept; to receive; to agree
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal