popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
allegiance; obedience; submission
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
being startled; getting a shock
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
interjection; exclamation
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
entreaty; supplication; petition
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle