to despise; to belittle; to look down on
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books)
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
belief; faith; conviction
bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
minding; watching; looking out; guarding
on the other hand (esp. when the latter is positive); on the contrary; in contrast; conversely; while
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
on a floor; above floor level
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
one's long-cherished desire
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
all (there is); as long as there is
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
war; fighting; fierce competition