losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(in) her way; peculiar to her
pride; dignity; self-respect
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
sons and daughters; children; girl
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
belief; faith; conviction
king; monarch; ruler; champion
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
feelings; thoughts; meaning
-less; lacking; non-existing
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
how; in what way; how about; questionable
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
to apologize; to apologise
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
assertion; declaration; affirmation
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
price; cost; value; worth; value
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
reduction by half; halving
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)