ID card; identification card
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to get slightly dirty (all over)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
dark clouds; black clouds
emotional strength; force of will
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to snatch from; to steal from
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
quick work; (clever) feat
military style; army style
close quarters combat; CQC
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over