to order; to command; to appoint
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
suffering (from a calamity); affliction
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
casting; founding; minting
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
depiction; description; portrayal
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
doubt; suspicion; hesitation; indecision
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
threat; intimidation; menace
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual