(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
how; in what way; by what means
in this way; thus; such; uh...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
difficult to ...; hard to ...
malicious; deliberately mean
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
after school (at the end of the day)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
choices; alternatives; options
to sigh; to breathe a sigh