appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
disregarding strategy and using brute force
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
flying column; detached force
be (that) as it may; having said that
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
vice; immorality; corruption
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
means; method; art; magic
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
prime minister; premier; chancellor
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to take back; to recapture
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
to appease; to suppress; to calm
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation