porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
those present; attendance
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
what kind of business; what sort of matter
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
power balance; balance of power
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
to happen to meet; to come across
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to run about trying to escape
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly