manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
such ... as; or some such
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
talk; recital; narration; topic
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
main; principal; chief; primary; major
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
theory of the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); five phases theory; wuxing theory
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with