to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
immortal; undying; indestructible
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
visual hallucination; vision
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
paste (form); (as a) paste
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
direct control; direct supervision
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
(a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
no need to guess; certainly
deep voice; rich voice; full voice
but; however; even though; even if
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
unless one ...; if one does not ...
back off!; leave me alone!
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
the dark side; the seamy side
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree