childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
ill-bred; poorly brought up
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
material for experiments; experimental material
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
eternal; unlimited; endless
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
pillar of fire; blazing column
to flare up; to burst into flames
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one's person; around one's person
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
even more; still more; further
to thrust down; to push off
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally