stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
capacity; volume; capacitance
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
metal fittings; metal fixtures
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
outside of one's area of expertise
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
storage medium; recording medium
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling