rather; better; instead; if anything
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
locational advantage; advantageous position
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
river; stream; River; the ... river
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
anything and everything; just about everything
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
autumn moon; harvest moon
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
scattered; separated; dispersed
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
how many people; a number of people
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly