rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to wear a sword at one's side
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
host; landlord; innkeeper
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat)
self-protection; self-defence
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
operation (working) of the mind
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten