chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
connection; link; relationship
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
large tree; big tree; huge tree
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
means of transportation; transport service
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
smallish; on the small side
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
difficult problem; challenge
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
rumbling; (ringing) cadence