Western goods; Western things; imported goods
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
paints; painting material
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
to grow taller (of people)
root; source; origin; cause
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
daytime television serial; soap opera
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
royal castle; imperial castle
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating