child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
by sheer strength; by brute force
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to lose one's footing; to slip
to make someone lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
school of fish; shoal of fish
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
omen; sign; notice; indication
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to control; to command; to get the better of
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)