double-edged; double-edged blade
softness; gentleness; weakness
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
principle; theory; fundamental truth
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to thrust down; to push off
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
execution; death by execution
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
dragon-slaying; Kawasaki Ki-45 (WWII heavy fighter aircraft)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
beginning; clue; starting point
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
successively; one after another
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose