method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to have an idea; to have a clue
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
at that time; in those days
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
number one; first; best; most; game; round
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook