groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
remarkable ability; amazing ability
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
to encamp; to take up a position
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
completely; absolutely; totally
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)
Taishang Laojun (Lao-tzu as a supreme divinity of Taoism)
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
in general; generally; usually
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
room; chamber; monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters; bedroom (of a married couple); locule (in a plant ovary); atria and ventricles
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
personification; anthropomorphization
creation of heaven and earth
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism