hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to rise into importance; to gain strength; (lit.) to raise one's head
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to drop; to lose; to let fall
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
joint struggle; common (united) front
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to join forces; to cooperate
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death