sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
disorder; chaos; confusion
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
innumerable; countless; numberless
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
comparatively; relatively
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
medical care; medical treatment
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to