being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
robust health; able-bodied
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to mix together; to blend; to compound
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
secret; private; surreptitious
mixed race; mixed parentage
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to sustain a serious wound
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
to squeeze out; to wring out
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create