reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
predation; eating prey; preying upon
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
indicates that an action is performed roughly or violently
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
distribution map; distribution diagram
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
bristle; seta; stiff hair; coarse hair
make good use of; make the most of
evening meal; dinner; supper
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
richly colored; richly coloured
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
opposite side; other side
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tearing off; stripping off; ripping off
addition; adding; supplement
to smash; to break into pieces