hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
intercept; interception; counter-attack
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
succession; continuation; series; sequence
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
probability; likelihood; chances
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
means; way; method; measure
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to speak; to say; to vocalize
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh