adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
the other day; a few days ago
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
door; gate; opening; title page
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
such; this sort of; like this
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
one's physical safety; personal security
contrary to one's expectations
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
as usual; as is one's habit
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
having not the slightest idea
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person