powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to switch off; to turn off
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to harm; to cause harm to
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
behind; in the rear; in back
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
doing whatever one pleases
site; point on a map; spot
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal