fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
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)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
albino fox; white (spiritual) fox
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
feng (male Chinese firebird)
dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
legendary; fabled; fabulous
baboon; lecher; dirty old man; skirt-chaser
hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas); sacred baboon
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly
Princess Mononoke (1997 animated film)
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)