shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
briskly with small steps; trotting
trio; gang of three; threesome
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
powerful person; influential person
selection; choice; option
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
negative campaign; mudslinging
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
all times and places; all ages and countries
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
legendary; fabled; fabulous
method of treatment; cure; remedy
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to settle (in a place); to settle down
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year