plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
breath; breathing; tone; mood
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
Sha Wujing; Sandy (character from the Chinese novel Journey to the West)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to be found; to be discovered
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
item; something that one "just has to have"
back seat (of a car); rear seat
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
again; once more; a second time
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)