to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
pronunciation; production of sound
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
arm; skill; efforts; ability
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
farsightedness; far-sightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; long-sightedness
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
sympathy; compassion; pity
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
already; now; no longer; not any more
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
scattered; separated; dispersed