to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
again; once more; a second time
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
successive generations; successive emperors
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
offender; criminal; culprit
many; numerous; various; large number of
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)