(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
main cause; primary factor
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
technique; art; skill; move
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
will not do; do not; does not
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to shake one's head (in denial)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
all you want; as much as one wants
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid