compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
retribution for one's crime; punishment for one's crime
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
supply; provision; raising; procurement
old friend; old acquaintance
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
compilation; editing; recording
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
individual; private person; personal; private
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
serialization; serialisation; serial story
(full-length) novel; long novel
change of title; retitling; changed title
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
correction; revision; amendment
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
sense of values; values; value system
person concerned; interested party; related party
expression; presentation; representation; notation
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone