to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted
distortion; falsification; perversion
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
fierce fight; close contest
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
top of the head; crown of the head
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
creation; generation; formation; derivation
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
competitor; contestant; player; athlete
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
addition; annexation; appendage
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
piling up; multiple layers
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless