being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
term of office; tenure; incumbency
successive generations; successive emperors
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
one cause; one reason; one factor
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
World War III; Third World War
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Japanese film; Japanese painting
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
telecommunication equipment
electromagnetic interference; radio interference
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
exploded view (drawing); illustrated parts breakdown
to translate; to interpret
most of all; extremely; supremely
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
right (to do something); authority; power
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture