weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to break the silence; to break one's silence
whispering; murmuring; subdued
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
main cause; primary factor
one's own army; one's own team
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
fourth day of the month; four days
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
place; situation; position; location
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
in deep black; in jet black
to let an opportunity slip
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to be lacking in options; to be too few
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
way of speaking; intimation
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night