hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
vision; strange phenomenon
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to say; to be pleased to say
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
attendance; presence; visit; coming; advent
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
advance; moving forward; progress
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
gallant figure; impressive figure; noble appearance
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
impression; strong belief; conviction
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
speech and behaviour (behavior)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely