talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
hills and fields; hill and dale
picking; collecting; harvesting
handsome young man; Adonis
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
this (very thing); this precisely
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
chemical substances; chemicals
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
mercury sulfide (esp. mercuric sulfide, HgS, but also mercurous sulfide, Hg2S) (sulphide)
head temple of a Buddhist sect
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
principal raw material; main raw material
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to hide; to keep to oneself
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
chemical composition; chemical component
medicine; Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
assertion; declaration; affirmation
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless