hot water; boiling water; hydrothermal water; hydrothermal solution
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
negation; denial; negative
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
sealing (something) inside; enclosing (with a letter, etc.)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
drop (e.g. of water); drip
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
first principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tiny dash or speck
to be boiled; to be cooked
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
extremely low temperature (below 0.01 K)
splinters of glass; glass shards
early stages (of a game); opening phase
main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound
to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest