helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
common name; popular name; secular name (of a Buddhist monk)
to bask in the sun lying flat on one's stomach
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
how long; how far; how much
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
mining; digging; working (a mine)
worldly desires; materialistic desires
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
basking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles); sunbathing on one's stomach
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
basking in the sun; sunbathing
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard