to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
incidental (collateral) condition
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
key person; important person
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks
array; muster; line-up; full force
ability; capability; competence; skill
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
coherence; order; focus; point
to take command; to give direction
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
leadership organization; leadership organisation
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
complicity (in a crime); collusion
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish