to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
blow; shock; strike; batting
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to be bony; to be angular
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
breathing of a sleeping person
generation; the world; the age
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
settlement; solution; resolution
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
stone (used for throwing)
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear