impertinent; impudent; saucy; cheeky
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
great demon; ghostly giant
puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes
Western-inspired art (Edo period); oil painting
five-toed (socks); top 5 (counting with fingers)
fine performance; tour de force
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Gyula; Jura (France); Jura
pretension; assumption (of a title)
The Tempest (play by Shakespeare, sonata by Beethoven)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
obstinacy; atman; the self; the ego
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
creator; inventor; developer
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
chink in the armor (armour)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
leader (of an alliance); leading power