uncertain; vague; ambiguous
rule; reign; government; governing
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
tenth day of the month; ten days
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
every other; second; alternate
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
flag; pataka (banner); banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
bento; Japanese box lunch
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
almost; roughly; approximately
duty; function; office; mission; task
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes