useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to continue (going along some trend)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to appease; to suppress; to calm
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
son of a bitch; piece of shit
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
reaction; response; reaction
important person; strategic person; key figure
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
guard; security (officer); guardsman
wholesale arrest; round-up
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
one after another; in succession