shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
princess; daughter of a nobleman
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
to pile up; to accumulate
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)