Min Chinese (language); Min
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
honor; honour; credit; prestige
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
lucky adventurer; adventurer who takes advantage of troubled times; soldier of fortune
shoeshine; shoe polishing
strong; powerful; strong (taste, e.g. coffee)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
cyborg; cybernetic organism
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
high heels; high-heeled shoes
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
just you wait and see (as a threat)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of