to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
piling up; multiple layers
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
counter for wheels and flowers
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
climbing to the summit; summiting
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
verbalizing; putting into words
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
siren (in Greek mythology)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up