for your information; I'm telling you
(not) even once; (not) ever
many; a lot; much; multitude
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
arm; skill; efforts; ability
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
tradition; legend; folklore
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
advance; moving forward; progress
master; teacher; stable master
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
conservative without party affiliation
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
book; volume; this; present; main; head
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to