walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
had better ...; had better not ...
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
enemy encounter; encounter (with); running into; coming across
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
for your information; I'm telling you
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
vitality; (one's) life force
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
guard (on a sword); brim (of a hat); visor; brim (of a pot); flange
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
consists of; comprises; is made up of
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
like; similar to; as with; in the same way