artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
carving with a knife; handiwork done with a knife; cheap trick; simple trickery; petty stratagem
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
great man; magnanimous man
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
individual; private person; personal; private
personality; character; individuality; personhood
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to emphasize; to attach importance to
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
secondary meaning; of secondary import
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
society; public; community; social studies
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
cultivation (of character, virtue, etc.); fostering; development (e.g. of a skill); (groundwater) recharge
third principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; downward stroke
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned