exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
accession to the throne; enthronement
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
successive generations; successive emperors
rule; reign; government; governing
one end; an end; part; fragment
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
coherence; order; focus; point
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
self-deprecating; self-mocking
innermost depths of one's heart
to pull teeth out; to extract a tooth
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
information; news; report; reward; retribution
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
prohibition; inhibition; ban
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in