suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
course; route; path; process; means
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
authority; power; function
judgment; judgement; discernment
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
material; substance; matter
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
unkindness; inhumanity; heartlessness
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
precipice; cliff; flat head
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
menial; meanness; servility; abject
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness