the three powers: heaven, earth and man
reason; cause; circumstances
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
together; mutually; fellow
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to say; to be pleased to say
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
good or bad luck; fortune
all things in nature; the whole creation
to fly around; to scatter
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
rosary; string of prayer beads
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
fluent (in a language); flowing
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)