curse; spell; malediction
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
to put out; to extinguish
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
natural laws; rule of heaven
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
unification of God and man; acting in accordance with the will of heaven
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
step; stride; counter for steps
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
writing; composition; essay; sentence
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation