to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
shukuchi (rapid movement techniques); shortening distances
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to push (something) against
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
brown; light brown; tawny
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
good young man; agreeable youth
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
senior; elder; person older than oneself
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out