nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
aggressiveness; aggression
distinction; discrimination
virile; tough; masculine; intense
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
if so; in that case; in that situation
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
stillness; repose; standing still
influence (on someone); inspiration
insatiable; untiring; persistent
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to pull in (fish); to land
two colours; two varieties; two types
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
having ended; being resolved
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)