curse; spell; malediction
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
release; emission; ejection
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
to put out; to extinguish
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)
natural laws; rule of heaven
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
God and man; heaven and man
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
step; stride; counter for steps
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
descriptive poetry; epic poem
writing; composition; essay; sentence
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation