to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
specialization; specialisation
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
four corners; four ordinal directions
forgetting; lapse of memory
Billiken (pointy-headed charm doll, orig. from the US)
one's own property; possessions
to run around; to bustle about
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
planned; scheduled; systematic
way of solving (a problem); solution
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
tour conductor; tour guide
house across the street; neighbor across the street
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
amusement (recreational) facilities
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet