clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
the ocean; the great deep
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
two times; twice; two degrees
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
staff with plaited paper streamers
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
(some small) help; an aid; some assistance
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode