sweet and sour; bittersweet
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to let out a cry; to shout
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
fall; drop; descent; coming down
long ago; once upon a time
a long time ago; in those days
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
about; concerning; as to; regarding
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
it's probably so; it stands to reason
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to die; to lay down life's burden
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)