lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
process; course; mechanism
use; utilization; utilisation; application
silence; stillness; quietness
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
in history; ever; historical
rare; extraordinary; singular
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
condition; state (of health); appearance
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
striped pattern (textiles, pottery)
true character; real nature
bedside; near one's pillow
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
mound; heap; burial mound; tomb; standing stone; stone signpost
to be found; to be discovered
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to show up; to appear; to turn up