grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
celestial sphere; the heavens
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
birth; creation; formation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
medium; diviner; shaman; oracle
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
(political) power; authority; influence
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to repeat; to do something over again
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty poet and philosopher
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
poetry and prose; literature; literary works
lowering a fever; alleviation of fever
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
(social) class; rank; grade