to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
signs of defeat; adverse situation
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
confusion; distraction; derangement
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
hegemony; leadership; initiative
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to put one's hand on; to touch
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
long time; long interval; for quite some time
being left out; being ostracized
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to pitch camp; to set up camp
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
interruption; interference; butting in
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)