room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
essential oil; volatile oil; refined oil
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
tool; implement; means; furniture
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to carry around; to carry on one's person
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
Buddhist (household) altar
almost every day; almost daily
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
burning incense without making its source obvious; pleasant smell coming from an unknown location
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light