detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
amusement; fun; brief entertainment
to get slightly dirty (all over)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to collapse into; to flop onto
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
it hasn't been long since
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
raw materials; ingredients
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
(social) position; status
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
real thing; original; actual
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias