darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
dozens; scores of; decades
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
one's assessment of the situation
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
probability; likelihood; chances
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
price; cost; value; worth; value
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)