to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to play accompaniment; to keep time; to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
tool; implement; means; furniture
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
unskilled; not very good at
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
however; having said that; but
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
birdlime; Nepal holly (Ilex integra)