challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
(not) even once; (not) ever
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
difficult to ...; hard to ...
thereupon; shortly thereafter
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
being on duty; person on duty
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
separate case; another matter