celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to forget completely; to leave behind
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to fight with swords; to cross swords
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
difficult to ...; hard to ...
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince