to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
toss (of a ball); tossing; (coin) toss
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
putting into operation; invocation
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
number of persons; personnel
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
untouched; unused; intact
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
per person; per capita; per head
standard value; reference value; nominal value
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
defense; defence; protection
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...