make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
wrong; different; not like that
world; society; people; the public
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
older brother and younger sister
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
not covered (by); not subject (to)
likability; favorability; popularity
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
rottenness; decay; corruption
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
moderate; proper; just right
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped