to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
price; cost; value; worth; value
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
higher rank; better position
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to rant and rave; to raise hell
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
smelting furnace; blast furnace
training; drilling; strengthening; use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
multiplication; synergism
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
inclination; tendency; nature; character
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind