measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
countermeasure; counter-measure
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
notice; notification; report; posting
fighting game (usu. one-on-one)
release; emission; ejection
beginning; clue; starting point
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
large build; large pattern
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
while alive; during one's lifetime
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to step firmly; to harden by treading
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
woman who works in the sex industry
preparation; provision; guarding
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take back; to recapture
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
end; close; finish; termination
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
naked person (esp. child)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
undressing; taking off one's clothes
without; but if; otherwise; or else