excelling; surpassing; outdoing
double-edged; double-edged blade
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant
halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)
trifling; little; few; slight
Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
one's own property; possessions
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
wickedness; evil; wicked person
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
trembling with excitement
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
in one's hands; in one's control
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to kill; to choke the life out of
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person