investment; contribution; financing
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
dark clouds; black clouds
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
conversely; on the contrary
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
at once; immediately; right now
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
true character; real nature