to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
compelling force; legal force
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
silence (not speaking); muteness
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to watch over; to watch attentively
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to say no more; to sink into silence
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to triumph; to be elated with success
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
unidentifiable; unidentified
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
oral respiration; mouth breathing; breathing through one's mouth