mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
100,000,000; one hundred million
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
snake; serpent; large snake
tradition; legend; folklore
albino Japanese rat snake
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
messenger; envoy; emissary
way (of doing); manner; method; means
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to jump at; to be attracted by