idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
people; citizens; subjects; folk
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
pride; boast; credit (to)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
interior; inside; internal
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
how; in what way; how about
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to speak; to hear a voice
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
this occasion; at this time; now