middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to make an appearance; to show up
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
here and there; in places
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
god of death; death deity; Death
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
way out; means to escape; escape route
to die by drowning; to drown
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to be found; to be discovered
torture to death; torment to death
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
remembrance; recollection; recognition
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside