by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
mask; disguise; guise; mask
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
maid; helper; help; assistance
conference room; council room
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
ability; capability; skill
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
but; however; provided that
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
young person; youth; young
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
armed forces; military; troops
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
sea of fire; sea of flame
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
difficult to ...; hard to ...
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
if it is the case that ...