stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
reason; cause; circumstances
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious-looking; fishy
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to recall; to remember; to recollect
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
mediator; manager; caretaker
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Wu (Chinese emperor); Butei
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
notes; comment; remark; annotation
annotation; explanatory note; comment
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict