progress; advance; improvement; development
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
failure is the mother of success
free translation; liberal translation
to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to
concession; conciliation; compromise
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
a little stylish; chic; trendy
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
sublime; noble; high-minded
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
that; he; she; that person
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
child's face; child-like face; baby face
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
direct appeal; direct petition
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
posterity; future generations; future life
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry