difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
tone (of voice); manner of talking
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
transactions; dealings; business
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
orphan; person without friends
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
little by little; bit by bit
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
personality; character; individuality; personhood
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...