so to speak; so to call it; as it were
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
chance (of success); odds
to brave a danger; to take a risk
picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
island in a pond or river
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to be muddy; to be slushy
observation platform; lookout platform
rain and wind; driving rain
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
gale; strong wind; high wind
exception; exclusion; to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
dry riverbed; river beach
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
long military service; having experienced many battles