incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
few decades; many decades; several decades
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction