drama; play; powerful drug
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
to get slightly dirty (all over)
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
cheongsam; qipao; mandarin dress
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
from now; from this moment; henceforth
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
tiger's howling; (fig.) being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
snow that falls on mountains
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine