to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
foreign matter; impurities
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
ratio; proportion; percentage
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to cut one's hand; to cut one's connections (with); to break off relations (with); to cut ties (with)
talking about memories; reminiscences
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
motive power; driving force
domestic affairs; internal administration
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
(a person's) appearance; looks
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical