to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
shyness; bashfulness; shame
fort; stronghold; fortification
position; location; base; point; site
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
of course; certainly; naturally
in a day; in a brief space of time
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
store; reserve; stock; savings
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
decisive battle of brief duration
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
production (e.g. play); direction
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
preservation; retainment; keeping
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
way; method; means; resource; course
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist