putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
spirit; heart; disposition
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
postpartum; after childbirth
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
residing; living; dwelling
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
complete set; all; everything
freely; frankly; without reserve
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
every month; each month; monthly
hermaphrodite; androgyny; hermaphroditism
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely