plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
rope; cord; policeman's rope
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of