bright; intelligent; clever; smart
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
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
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
no matter how much time passes
eardrum; tympanic membrane
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker