closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
thought; idea; conception
to chant; to sing; to recite; to write (a poem); to compose
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
tone (of voice); manner of talking
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
sadness; sorrow; grief; (arch.) affection; (arch.) love
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
coagulation; freezing; solidification
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
but; however; even though; even if
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
commonplace; ordinary; trite; informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
ci (form of Chinese poetry)
action; operation; effect; function
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout