one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
cutting; cutting off; severing
game theory; theory of games
liniment; ointment; salve
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); guandao; Chinese glaive
winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
point of compromise; common ground
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
behind with everything; too late; reactive
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
throwaway; disposable; single-use
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
negation; denial; negative
all living things must die
four 20-point cards (scoring combination)
tabla (Indian hand drums)
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin gown
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
to be slippery; to be slimy; to behave charmingly; to walk merrily