place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
tradition; legend; folklore
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
course; route; path; process; means
literally; to the letter; literal
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
cleaner; janitor; (arch.) night soil gatherer
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
general idea; concept; notion
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
the reverse; other side; lining
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
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)