to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to shake; to waver; to tremble
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
thousands; several thousand
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
along; parallel to; in accordance with
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to surround; to crowd around
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to look around; to survey
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat