student; follower; students and pupils
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to collect; to assemble; to gather
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
influence; clout; leverage
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
really; truly; indeed; good grief
head temple of a sect; (organizational) headquarters; (organisational) headquarters
because of; owing to; due to
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone