to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to come back; to bloom a second time
rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
wood (for building); lumber; timber
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
appearance; air; mien; getup
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
elementary level; beginner level
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
to have one's horizons broadened
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
moon (esp. full moon); circle fashioned after the moon; decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; straw trivet; white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear
16th day of the month; 16 days
Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)