to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
deserted village; poor village
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
to translate; to interpret
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
one's world within; one's inner world
to crawl towards; to creep up to
three; three years of age
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
cilia; cilium; fine hairs
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something