Min Chinese (language); Min
colored thread; coloured thread
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
forced to use; forced into a position
as far as the eye can see
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
every evening; night after night
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to take back; to recapture
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
whole nation; whole land; whole country
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare