decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
large amount of money; great cost
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
only; merely; but; no more than
alone; by oneself; on one's own
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
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 raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
the last moment; the very end
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive