ash; embers; complete destruction
polish; improvement; burnishing
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
seeing through; perceiving; noticing; getting wind of
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
selection; choice; picking out
item; commodity; list of articles
to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
for use by children; for children
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
unqualified; without qualifications
electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information