(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
entrance; threshold; beginning; first step; start
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
to be inherent (in); to reside (in); to be immanent (in); immanence
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
minuteness; one millionth
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
surmise; guess; inference
one's own child; one's own children
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
shin guards; shin pads; greaves; leggings
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
black lustre; black luster
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
inlay; inlaying; damascening