to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to break the silence; to break one's silence
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
defence forces; defence corps
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
defense; defence; protection
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
from the viewpoint of; according to
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
strategy meeting; council of war
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
sun; sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
stepping back; drawing back
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)