to play a central role; to take a leading part
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
five (long cylindrical things)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin gown
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
calamity; disaster; accident
Dragon King; promoted rook
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
people; men and women; each person; everybody
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
some people; a few people; several people
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to get change back; to be more than enough
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
very; much; greatly; a lot of
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)