decline; fall; decay; withering
scattered; separated; dispersed
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to take back; to recapture
epidemic; plague; pestilence
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
war; fighting; fierce competition
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
negative emotions; negative feelings
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
calming down; quieting down
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
emotional strength; force of will
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
(someone else's) daughter
suffix for familiar person
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect