irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; meaningless parlor debate; dialogue at cross purposes
self-awareness; consciousness of one's true character
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
other than; excluding; without
whichever person (indefinite pronoun); everyone; every person; all
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
book (usu. old); publication; document
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
self-; from (a time or place)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; enlightenment; symptoms (in Chinese medicine)
to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
bank (elevation in the seabed); pile; heap
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
empty show; frivolity; levity
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
overconfidence; someone who is overconfident; wrongly believing to have attained enlightenment
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
ugliness; shame; disgrace
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
lowly person; lowliness; I
regular script (of Chinese characters); square style; block style; Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy