opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
strong-willed; strong of heart
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
1,000,000; one million; million; many
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
peril; danger; hazard; distress
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to help each other; to cooperate
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to keep an eye on; to take care of
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
names and natures do often agree
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)
savage; ferocious; atrocious
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on