upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to begin; to set about; to start
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
weird; strange; mysterious
inner citadel; core; center; centre
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to lose sight of; to miss
to emboss; to carve in relief; to finish carving of engraving
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
being dotted with; being scattered
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting