to smash; to break into pieces
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
low dining table; tea table
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
cheongsam; qipao; mandarin dress
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
tiger's howling; (fig.) being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
snow that falls on mountains
great distance; thousands of miles; (lit.) ten thousand ri
great army; mighty host; whole army
storm caused by the devil; evil wind; eerie wind
Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert