oral instruction or teaching or method
every evening; every night
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
lye water (for making Chinese noodles)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
error; mistake; slip; bug
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
ambitious plan (enterprise); grand project
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
aquatic (life); living in the water
Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato
scattered or crushed in defeat
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
massing (of troops); gathering
fate; destiny; predestination
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
specialization (in a field of study); study
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup