length (of an animal); body length
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
princess; daughter of a nobleman
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to close (one's eyes); to shut
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
fortune-telling; divination
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to jest; to clown (around)
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
moneymaking; earning money