wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
attachment; obsession; persistence
resignation; acceptance; consolation
waterfall; cataract; cascade
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
unification; union; oneness
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
refining; refinement; smelting; training
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
great actor; famous actor; star
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
rearranging; remodeling; remodelling
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
spirit world; underworld; the next world
(sound of one's) heartbeat
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses