maintenance; preservation; improvement
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to burst open; to pop; to split
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
blow; shock; strike; batting
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to be opposite; to face each other
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
long (time that has passed); old (story)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to rock; to shake; to swing
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
power; might; authority; influence
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
how long; how much; to what extent
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
prefix used to strengthen a derogatory adjective
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
carbonization; carbonisation
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)