outline; survey; compendium
to manipulate puppets; to pull wires
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
(religious) faith; belief; creed
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
order; sequence; procedure
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
guidance; leadership; leading the way
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
walking briskly; determinedly
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind