vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
load; loading; weight (of a load)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
not necessarily so; is not always true
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
government; administration
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
by all means; by all costs
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled