various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
wire mesh net; net made out of metal wire
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
great difference; big difference; wide margin
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
suspicion (of others); jealousy
particularly; only; in the case of
is something that; is that which
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to repeat; to do something over again
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
departure; leaving; going away; recession
meaning; significance; sense
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to backfire; to have a harmful result
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
watchtower; observation tower; lookout