soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
tip of the tongue; speech; way of talking
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
emotionally uplifting; stirring
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
alternately; in succession
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)