life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
troops; group members; team members
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
moderate faction; moderates
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
carriage; movement (of the body)
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
dispersing; breaking up; running away
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to establish; to formulate
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
natural virtue; personal virtue
minority group (party); minority
righteousness; justice; right
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
setting a bad example to others
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to