flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
to take a veneer off something
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
biological child; one's own child
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
dual personality; split personality
immortal; undying; indestructible
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
sleeping together in a huddle
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
founder; originator; pioneer
descendant; posterity; offspring
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
struggle (for); scramble; contest
next generation; future generation
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
antiquity; the previous era
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
using as an intermediary; through
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known