man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
steel; sword steel; sword
liquid; beverage; food with high water content (esp. sorbet or fruit served as a dessert in a kaiseki dinner); gamble; uncertain affair
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
pulsation; pulsatory motion
agricultural land; farmland
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
in unison; as one; united
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
to feel dizzy; to feel faint; to spin; to revolve; to twirl
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
old army general; veteran army general
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness