an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
science institute; scientific laboratory
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
(arch.) to spin; (arch.) to revolve; to be dizzy; to feel faint; to bustle about
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)
hard to reach place; remote place
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
carriage; movement (of the body)
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
research and development; R&D
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
commercial paper; CP; communist party; CP; cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; counterpurchase
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
artificial intelligence; AI
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
a pair (of shoes or socks)
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
not understanding; not knowing
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole