to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
fresco; mural; wall painting
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
behind; in the rear; in back
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
maternity room; delivery room
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
one's later years; final years (in life)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
just a minute; small quantity
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate