profound elegance; refinement
primary significance; primary importance; first principle; absolute truth; ultimate truth
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
at first; in the beginning; originally
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to translate; to interpret
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
literal translation; direct translation
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
scholarship; scientific attainments
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
a long time ago; in those days
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
attachment; obsession; persistence
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away