to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
metallic sound; metallic clank
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
growing thickly; growing densely
shape of a pillar or column
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
mutual understanding; agreement of wills
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
telecommunications; correspondence
disorder; disturbance; unrest
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
useless resistance; vain struggle
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
ingredient; component; composition
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
spray; mist (not meteorological)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
overconfident; presumptuous
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
sharp parting remark; parting threat
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
daikon julienne; julienned daikon; one ten-millionth