tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
strategist; tactician; schemer
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
sword skills; swordsmanship
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to spend time (on doing something)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to keep (a person) waiting
to give a broad grin; to smirk
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
(political) power; authority; influence
all (there is); as long as there is
indictment; prosecution; complaint
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
punishment; judgement; judgment
sharp parting remark; parting threat
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing