to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
be (that) as it may; having said that
relation; connection; relevance
to spread; to be propagated
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
possession; retention; maintenance
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
internal (domestic) affairs
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
personal (employee); employed; retained
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
one's own work; making by oneself
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion