dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to rule; to govern; to administer
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
the same rank; equality; apposition
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
naked eye; the physical eye
visual confirmation; sighting
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
alternately; by turns; one after the other
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
book; volume; this; present; main; head
specialization; specialisation
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
countermeasure; counter-measure
to assemble; to set up; to construct
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim