mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
fuel consumption; gas mileage
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to cut corners; to be shoddy
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
wicked thought; wicked mind
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
most of all; extremely; supremely
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
without omission; in full
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
this and that; one thing or another