loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
stagnation; hindrance; delay
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
thunderous roar; roaring sound
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
everywhere; all over; throughout
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
instant; moment; for an instant
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
a few seconds; several seconds
everything; anything; nothing
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
suited figure; person in a suit
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)