leader; authority; mainstay
to manage something successfully; to be successful
advanced level; high grade; senior
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
calm; composed; cool; quiet
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to check; to stop; to keep back
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to burst (open); to break; to split
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to be bony; to be angular
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
hostile party; enemy side
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse