fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to be born; to come into the world
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to have an eye on; to zero in on
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
end of life; death; annihilation
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
weakening; emaciation; decline
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
utmost limits; extremity; limit
by itself; automatically; naturally
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to smile a smile of satisfaction
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
royalty and titled nobility
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
correlation; interrelation
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode