wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to become better; to improve
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
inside one's heart; in one's mind
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
birth; creation; formation
Christmas Eve; holy night
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
is something that; is that which
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
much less; to say nothing of
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to mistake (A for B); to misread
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
virile; tough; masculine; intense