gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
corridor; hallway; passageway
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
paging; pagination; numbering
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
headstand; doing one's best; doing something to the best of one's ability
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude