to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to knead well; to polish; to refine
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
elixir; ichor; divine fluid
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
perception; sensation; awareness
description; describing; depicting
inattention; absent-mindedness
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
the blue sea; blue waters
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
ordinary; common; mediocre
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
word; term; language; speech
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
aesthetic sense; sense of beauty; eye for the beautiful
sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature
(dripping) profusely; heavily; freely; brimming (with an emotion, etc.); overflowing (with); bold (e.g. brush strokes)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial