postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to lose sight of; to miss
if you do this; if this is the case
basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
being about to cry; the verge of tears
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to be too late; to be too slow
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
is something that; is that which
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
to shed light; to cast light
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to succeed; to bear fruit
glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions); mochi rice with red beans
to cry and shout; to scream
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
vaulting horse; vaulting box; box horse
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees