to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair turns cowards courageous
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
art of war; strategy; tactics
normal practice; proper practice
still; even now; to this day
the scruff or nape of the neck
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
at once; immediately; right now
at the last moment; this late in the game
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
already; now; no longer; not any more
main theater of war; principal battlefield
to do someone in; to bump someone off
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
fucking; screwing; having sex
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor