to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
toxin; poisonous substance
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
art of making elixirs (e.g. in Chinese trad. medicine); alchemy
spurious letter; apocryphal book; forgery
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.); to serve; to meet (one's expectations, wishes, etc.); to measure up to (e.g. one's ideal); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be consistent with (reason, morality, etc.)
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle