lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
calamity; disaster; accident
Dragon King; promoted rook
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
alteration; falsification; faking
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up