creation; generation; formation; derivation
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
bright red; crimson lotus flower
pillar of fire; blazing column
flash (of light); glint; schiller
without leaving any trace
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
within; inside of; less than
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
no, not like that (but like this)
comparison of strength; contest of strength; sumo (wrestling)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple); adorning
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
to lead; to direct; to take command
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
troubled times; turbulent times
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
the times; an age; a day and age
wise ruler; sage king; intelligent and virtuous monarch
to be remembered; to go down in history
writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings
(study of) public finance
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
be (that) as it may; having said that
one part; one portion; one section
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
profiting while others fight; (lit.) fisherman's profit
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
hostility; antagonism; opposition