consumption; expenditure; spending
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
another; different; something else
two times; twice; two degrees
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
piezoelectric element; piezoelectric transducer; piezoelectric device
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
compressional wave; longitudinal wave; dilatational wave; wave of condensation and rarefaction
kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful; detailed; scrupulous
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
going through; going via; going by way of
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty