person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
likability; favorability; popularity
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
Pleiades (in Greek mythology); Pleiades; the Seven Sisters
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
official name; formal name
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to order; to command; to appoint
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
(period of) a year; during an era
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
space (room, area, outer space)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
beyond human understanding
ability; capability; skill
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
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
from the viewpoint of; according to
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line