reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
reaching; attaining; arrival
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
end of a match; end of a game
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend