principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
(short) rest; breather; break
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
a step; short distance; short time
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
site; point on a map; spot
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
ceremony; celebration; law code
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
one by one; in detail; minutely
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)