obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...