westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to step forward; to volunteer
to check; to stop; to keep back
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
spirit; heart; disposition
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to jump from one thing to another
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to assemble; to set up; to construct
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
blow; shock; strike; batting
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to be able (to); to be possible (to)