to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
judgment; judgement; discernment
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
one's share; one's portion
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
the last moment; the very end
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
only; merely; but; no more than
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
vitality; energy; dynamism
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
though; notwithstanding; although
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
present; current; in operation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly