scene; sight; scenario; setting
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
wherein; therein; thereinto
seal; hallmark; stamp die
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
the last moment; the very end
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
certain person; certain amount
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Water Margin, and The Plum in the Golden Vase)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
place by the lamp; area under the lamp
to be intimate with; to befriend
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
complete works; complete collection; complete series
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
explanation; interpretation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
after death; posthumously
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
image of (an ideal) person
piece; fragment; one (object)
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
fidelity to one's principles