dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
person of high rank or position
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to settle (in a place); to settle down
main; principal; chief; primary; major
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
Dragon King; promoted rook
to bring; to take; to bring about
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
gossip; corner of the mouth
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
radical (of a kanji character)
to bite off; to gnaw through
fear; dread; fright; willies
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up