lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
entreaty; supplication; petition
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
central part; heart (of a city)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
few decades; many decades; several decades
training; drill; practice; discipline
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky