gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
arowana (any fish of subfamily Osteoglossinae); bonytongue
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to gather strength; to take heart
I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
one grade; first-class; primary
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause