elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
self-control; self-restraint
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
out of control; uncontrollable
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
responsibility; duty; obligation
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
one end; an end; part; fragment
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
joint struggle; common (united) front
preliminary step; first step
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
intropunitive; self-punishing
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly