very much; very many; more and more
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to peel off and fall; to flake away
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
still (continuing); as ever; further
to stop (plug) one's ears
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to skip over (while reading); to skim
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
reading a word backwards (often to make slang)
dark (color); concentrated; thick
(death from) starvation; starving to death
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to search for; to seek for; to look for
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
bon voyage!; have a nice trip!
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
with a click; with a snap
thin board; veneer; thin sheet of steel (3 mm or less); thin cloth; square wooden vase stand
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
no way to do; nothing can be done