self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
successive generations; successive emperors
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
even though; despite; when
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside