large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be silent; to say nothing
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
please (give me); please (do for me)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
clear autumn water; clear fall water
hand-operated electric generator (used in Edo-period medical treatment); (arch.) electricity
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
rime; hoarfrost; silver frost
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
first cry of a newborn baby
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
consequence; outcome; result; blame
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer