(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
sowing; seeding; planting
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
generation; lifetime; age
change of government; regime change
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
promoter; instigator; driving force; pioneer; leader
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
charge; grounds; suspicion
(execution by) decapitation
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
penalty; sentence; punishment
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
time; season; period; phase; stage
perfect; complete; flawless
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
sympathy; compassion; pity
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
under the orders of; by order (command)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp