very great; enormous; serious
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to do; to have sexual intercourse; to give; to present; to award
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
traffic; coming and going; highway
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to flare up; to burst into flames
(top) half naked; naked above the waist
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
cooperation; collaboration
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
the place for; the time for; the level of
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes