to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to surround; to crowd around
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
choices; alternatives; options
to feel a chill run down one's spine
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
recovery; rescue; recapture
putting a plan into operation
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
just because; even if; even though
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive