side door; side gate; wicket gate
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
inexpert or untrained eyes
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
instead; but (on the other hand)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
leather; leather-bound; leathern
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
both; both sides; both parties
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to intend; to be sure that
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of