battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
quiet; still; surreptitious
superiority complex; sense of superiority
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
lately; recently; nowadays
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
knowing; (an) acquaintance
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
recuperation; medical treatment
to be injured; to sustain a wound
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
severe wound; serious wound; gash
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
divorce; dissolution of adoption