dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
big frame; large figure; huge body
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
unmeasurable; impossible to measure
all things in nature; the whole creation
origin; source; beginning; starting point
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
stillness; repose; standing still
(only) one option; one possible choice
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
I have nothing to do with it
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to make a speech; to address
to be nearing death; to be dying
in that manner; like that
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
imperial authority; imperial majesty
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
dark clouds; black clouds
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself