nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
instant; moment; for an instant
to stiffen; to become stiff
duty; obligation; responsibility
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to become fraught with emotion
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
same; similar; (just) like; equal
elopement; running away with a lover
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to burst (open); to break; to split
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across