negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
thought; consideration; thinking
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
first match (in a series)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
nobleman's illegitimate child
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
disliking people similar to oneself
to repeat; to be frequent
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
less than ...; smaller ...
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to be needed; to be wanted
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
for the first time in one's life
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to fight against; to oppose; to face