regiment of military policemen
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to become settled; to be fixed
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to rise; to erect; to get up
next; secondly; subsequently
both; both sides; both parties
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
angular; angular-shaped; sharp-pointed
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
feeling; sense; impression
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to not take seriously; to take lightly
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity