to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
deviation; departure; omission
person of high rank or position
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
spine; backbone; spinal column
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
powerful person; influential person
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
head of a sleeping person
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
in one's own way or style
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
for example; for instance; e.g.
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
professional killer; hit man
use; utilization; utilisation; application