bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
diving; submerging; going underwater
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
somehow; for some reason or other
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(not) merely; (not) simply
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
conflict; fighting each other
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
step-up; advance; progress; increase
armour (e.g. tank); armor
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
precious stone (esp. jade); egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping); stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold; position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); geisha; time charge for a geisha
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
feng (male Chinese firebird)
pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame); sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)