scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
(arch.) sudden; (arch.) abrupt; (arch.) stupid; (arch.) foolish; attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
from the viewpoint of; according to
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
danger; peril; hazard; risk
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact