to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
absorption; suction; attraction
operation; functioning; running
scanning (e.g. TV); traversal
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
perception; sensation; awareness
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
perception; sensing; noticing
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
this or that person; anybody; many people
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for