to not take seriously; to take lightly
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to set (sun); to become dark
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
snake; serpent; large snake
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
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
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
I appreciate your efforts
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
will; testament; last request
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)