origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
split; division; break up
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
place; situation; position; location
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
just above; right overhead
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to lose sight of; to miss
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)