conquest; domination; mastery
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
rule; reign; government; governing
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
construction; establishment
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
deep-seated grudge; hatred
one cause; one reason; one factor
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to be too late; to be too slow
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
sympathy; compassion; pity
eagle (Accipitridae family)