recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to have a hard time of it
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
near; nearby; not far off
field; plain; prairie; moor
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
meditation; contemplation
religious exultation; ecstasy
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
main; principal; chief; primary; major
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
mental image; mental picture; image
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
school; school building; schoolhouse
bhava (becoming, existence)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful