personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
head wind; adverse wind; opposition; objection; dissension
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
one's living; one's livelihood
qualification requirement (for a job)
to cut loose; to act without restraint; to throw off all inhibitions; to go wild
to add balance (to one's work, life, etc.); to balance work and play; to pace oneself
contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
literal meaning (of a word, etc.)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to become desperate; to give way to despair
system of government; government structure