rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
birthday party; birthday meet-up
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
female court attendant; court lady
passage; path; route; one's way
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to burrow through; to dig through
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
visual confirmation; sighting
cross; crossed; cruciform
bragging; showing off; pride
outside of one's area of expertise
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
weird; strange; mysterious
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
to count up; to enumerate
to continue (going along some trend)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
menstrual pain; period pain