to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
atonement; redemption; compensation
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
calamity; disaster; accident
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to project; to stick out; to stand out
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
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)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
mountain range; mountain belt
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end