change; conversion; transformation; transformation
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
sense of values; values; value system
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
personification; impersonation; embodiment
advance; moving forward; progress
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
upper half of the body; upper body
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
exercises; practice problem
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
entering of a king (into opponent's territory)
way out; means to escape; escape route
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn