curse; spell; malediction
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
appearance; figure; shape; form
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
body; physique; build; stature
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to machine; to cut; to scrape
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
gatekeeper; doorman; porter
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
how; in what way; how about
fluent (in a language); flowing
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
existence; possession; having; limited company
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
I see; that's right; indeed
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings