to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
due form; official; formality
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to crack; to develop a crack
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
sanity; consciousness; soberness
preference; priority; precedence
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
supreme; sublime; highest
sublime; noble; high-minded
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in