to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person
genius; prodigy; natural gift
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel); store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
person always at one's side
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
maple (tree); red leaves (of autumn); autumn colors; layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors; venison
Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
day by day; every day; by the day
to disperse; to chase away; to pursue relentlessly; to be in hot pursuit
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
duty; obligation; responsibility
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
an inch ahead; the immediate future
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
men and women of all ages
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi