inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
level; standard; water level
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
life; living; I; me; student
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
fresh verdure; new green leaves
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
impersonation; personification
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
seventh day of the month; seven days
celebration of a child's seventh day
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
everything one does; whatever one does
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
despair; desperation; abandonment
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)