predation; eating prey; preying upon
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to settle (in a place); to settle down
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
commerce; trade; business
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
few decades; many decades; several decades
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
mountain road; mountain trail
to run down (stairs, etc.)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to rank next to; to come after
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
there's no smoke without fire