to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to be conspicuous; to stand out
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
audience; spectator; spectators
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
heart; guts; nerve; central part
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
one-by-one; separately; in detail
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
chance (of success); odds
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to raise one's voice; to shout
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth