(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
direction of travel; direction of movement
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
old, white fox (trad. said to have supernatural powers); Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
albino Japanese rat snake
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
one's every action; every single move
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
action, speech and thought
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
heavenly beings shown flying around the main image in a temple; Feitian (2008 Chinese space suit)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
at a stroke; with a single swoop
all (there is); as long as there is
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
part; portion; glimpse; bit
fellow sufferers pity each other
tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer); night-soil reservoir; cesspool; cesspit
snugly; cosily; compactly
command; order; request; order (for an item)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
temporary; transitory; short-lived
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)