-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to shave off; to scrape off
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
root; source; origin; cause
to hold something reverently with both hands
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
you (plural); all of you; you all
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to collect; to assemble; to gather
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else