control; management; supervision
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
slight; little; insignificant
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
interference; intervention; meddling
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
not necessarily so; is not always true
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump