to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
succession; continuation; series; sequence
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to take away; to carry off
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
way; method; means; resource; course
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
connection; link; relationship
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
to cease; to stop; to be over
silence; stillness; quietness
counter for birds or rabbits
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
going upstream; sailing against the current
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
trailing; chasing after; imitation; imitating; clinginess (in babies, toddlers)
concentrated fire; intense criticism
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another