to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
in terms of; from the point of view of
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
stepwise; one step at a time
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
fake; something false; sham; deception
to spread; to be propagated
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
production (e.g. play); direction
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to be contrary to one's expectations
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
noisy; confused; uproarious
to ask a question; to ask questions
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
personality; character; individuality; personhood
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
mental image; mental picture; image
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe