thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell
tradition; legend; folklore
region; limits; stage; level
to escape from; to get out
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
posterity; future life; life to come
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
chief; main; principal; major
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit