common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to have a reason; to have an excuse
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist; 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
reasoning; logic; persuasion
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
correspondence; exchange of letters
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
master; teacher; stable master
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person
benefit; use; good; profit; gains