to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
unceasing; never-ending; endless
(another's) daughter; young lady
Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
day after day; day by day
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
training; drilling; strengthening; use of alchemy; producing (gold, etc.) with alchemy
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
at that time; in those days
third-year student; third-year pupil
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
visual hallucination; vision
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest