stepping back; drawing back
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to blow through; to blow across
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to fall flat; to fall face down
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
while alive; during one's lifetime
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to hide; to conceal oneself
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit