half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
cinnabar; cinnabarite; cinnabar lacquer; cinnabar lacquerware
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
to read (a book, etc.) over again
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
regular matches in an official tournament
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
practice; practising; experience
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
rough sketch; design; cartoon
furious facial expression
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
(printing) block; woodcut
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to add (e.g. a postscript)
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown