germination; sprouting; budding
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
those (near the second person)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
to stop raining or snowing
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
snake; serpent; large snake
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
sublime; noble; high-minded
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
possible; likely; probable
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to be entwined; to be involved
eagle (Accipitridae family)
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)