hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
four (long cylindrical things)
mineral matter; metallic property
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
type of occupation; occupational category
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
to slide into; to slip into
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
covert action; covert operations
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
in this kind of situation
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice