sovereign; emperor; monarch
covered with; stained; smeared
troupe; theatrical company
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
systematic; regular; routine
to torment; to harass; to tease
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to bind (with rope, etc.)
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
curl (on a rolled poster, etc.)
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to happen to have on hand or in stock
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
but; however; even though; even if
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable