clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
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.)
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
farce (e.g. theatrical); phallus; farce; stuffed food
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
particular; hard to please; fussy
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
majority group (party, faction)
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of