to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
top of the head; crown of the head
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
such; this sort of; like this
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
predation; eating prey; preying upon
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
price; cost; value; worth; value
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to give an impression; to make an impression
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping