8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
cool; calm; composed; easy; simple
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
the last moment; the very end
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
strong-willed; strong of heart
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to make merry; to be festive
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
single word; a few words; brief comment
by sheer strength; by brute force
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to devour; to bite to death
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement