materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to freeze; to refrigerate
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind