decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to project; to stick out; to stand out
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
narrow; thin (sized); slender
resignation; acceptance; consolation
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
front kick (esp. martial arts)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
blocking the way; standing in the way
if so; in that case; in that situation
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to thrust before; to thrust at
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
verbal promise; one's word
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
sense of values; values; value system
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
chess problem; composed shogi problem
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
whispering; murmuring; subdued
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to smash up; to defeat crushingly