technique; art; skill; move
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
amount of light; quantity of light
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
steel; sword steel; sword
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
long ago; a long time ago; already
long time; long interval; for quite some time
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words