begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
apathetic; lackadaisical; indolent; weak; feeble; effeminate
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
nothing but; except; no more than
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
stunning; electrifying; striking; eye-popping; brilliant
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
to cry and shout; to scream
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
admiration; wonder; astonishment
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
at; in; at; when; by; with
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
paper, cloth, wood, etc. representation of a sacred object; paper doll used in purification rites
a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
appearance; expression; manifestation
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in