to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
burning at the stake; burning to death
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
sentiment; sentimentality
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to brush off; to shake off
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to continue to do; to persist in doing
bright red; crimson lotus flower
together; mutually; fellow
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
final scene; the end; finale
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
information media; press; news organs
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
tottering steps; drunken staggering