startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
violent explosion; bursting
gale; violent (strong) wind
to shave off; to scrape off
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
elementary level; beginner level
advanced level; high grade; senior
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
number of times; frequency; count
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to