to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
to compose; to put together
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
the place for; the time for; the level of
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; School of Yin-yang (China); School of Naturalists
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
while; even though; despite
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
the West; the Occident; Western countries
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
wizardry; secret of immortality
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
all times and places; all ages and countries
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending