binoculars; field glasses
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
at once; immediately; right now
without; but if; otherwise; or else
now that; since; so long as; because
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
murder; killing; murderer
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to become pale; to turn pale
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
eye measurement; measure with eye
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
resignation; acceptance; consolation
whichever one chooses; either way
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)