left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to be frank; to drop all pretense
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); quince (Cydonia oblonga)
to care for someone; to look after someone
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
edge of town; outskirts of a village
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
opposition party; political opposition; opposition
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment