regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
residence; housing; residential building
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
second-year student; biennial
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to raid; to launch an attack; to invade
power; authority; influence
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love