thin;  skinny;  delicate;  fragile;  feeble
 grain;  bead;  drop;  counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
 small quantity;  small amount;  narrowmindedness
 to dance (orig. a whirling dance);  to flutter about;  to revolve
 to throw open;  to leave open
 to resolve;  to ready (oneself);  to make up one's mind
 to step forward;  to take a step forward;  to start on a project, etc.;  to take the first step with
 before one's very eyes;  under one's nose;  imminence;  close at hand
 left and right;  right and left;  (asserting) control;  influence;  one's attendants;  people accompanying one
 body;  oneself;  one's place;  one's position;  main part;  meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
 to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.);  to bleach;  to refine;  to rinse (vegetables);  to soak;  to doxx
 to bring back;  to restore
 to address (someone);  to accost a person;  to talk (to someone);  to begin to talk;  to start a conversation
 to step forward;  to take a step forward
 pillar;  post;  support;  prop;  counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
 column;  shaft;  cylinder;  round pillar (esp. in buildings)
 to tower over the surroundings
 partition;  division;  settlement of accounts;  preliminary warm-up ritual;  toeing the mark;  directing
 at regular intervals;  evenly spaced
 to stop walking;  to pause
 yen (Japanese monetary unit);  circle
 exterior;  outside;  outer;  external;  lateral
 standing together in a disorderly fashion;  standing close around;  crowding together;  flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
 start;  commencement;  beginning;  initiation
 to approach;  to draw near
 to clear away;  to remove;  to demolish
 to throw down;  to throw out;  to abandon;  to resign;  to give freely;  to give generously
 defeat;  loss;  reverse;  setback
 difficult to ...;  hard to ...
 largish;  biggish;  a little bit larger
 cloth;  bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
 qualifications;  requirements;  capabilities
 to be convinced (that);  to be under the impression (that);  to make up one's mind;  to set one's heart on;  to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.);  to think about obsessively