lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
harboring; harbouring; cherishing; entertaining
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to walk away; to saunter off
dozens; scores of; decades
day of month; counter for days
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
nothing; nil; naught; nought
head; brains; intellect; understanding
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
custom; common practice; habit
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
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)
surroundings; environs; circumference
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
heaven and earth; universe; trigrams qian and kun (of the I Ching); yin and yang; northwest and southwest
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
shadow figure; silhouette
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords