echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
quarrel; dispute; argument
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to push aside; to push one's way through
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
large tree; big tree; huge tree
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
body; physique; build; stature
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
killing and wounding; bloodshed
surface of the earth; ground surface
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)