Kaoyan Vocabulary

Banishment from one's home country; to banish someone

A group of singers; the repeated part of a song; to say or sing together

A loud deep sound; to make such a sound

Funny or relating to comedy; a comedian or comic book

To return to life or activity; to restore something

An ornamental water feature shooting jets of water; a natural spring

Retaliation for a perceived wrong; to take retaliatory action

Having a sharp acidic taste; to become rancid or unpleasant

Based on observation or experiment rather than theory

Care taken to avoid danger; to warn someone of risk

To begin from a source; to create or initiate something

To entice or attract; something used to tempt

To gather information from various sources; to translate source code into machine code

To burst out suddenly and violently, as a volcano; to break out suddenly

To appear threatening or imminent; a weaving machine

Remarkable, worthy of attention; a distinguished person

A woman with magical powers; an unpleasant woman

Having or resulting from good luck

A sharp knock; to knock sharply; a style of spoken-word music

To shape metal by heating; to make a fraudulent copy; a metalworking furnace

To throw into disorder; to interrupt or disturb something

A smell, whether pleasant or unpleasant

Attractively thin; very small in amount; to lose weight

Worth having or choosing; pleasing and attractive

What is left over; a dead body; ancient ruins

To warn of danger; a warning signal; watchful and attentive

To claim something is true without full proof

A broad street; a means of approach or access

A small simple one-room shelter or dwelling

To achieve or reach a goal through effort

To cause enthusiasm or strong feelings

Requiring immediate attention or action

To say a word in a particular way; to declare formally

A flag or decorative strip of cloth; exceptionally good

To restrict within limits; a boundary or border

Conforming to established or traditional beliefs and practices

A sudden occurrence or spread of something harmful

A large ensemble of musicians playing various instruments together

Stern, forbidding, and gloomy; sinister or ghastly

Generating profit or benefit

A prolonged period of very little rain; an extended dry or unsuccessful period

To support or maintain a principle or decision

To combine into a whole; to blend into something else

A long narrow rod or pole; a mine passage; to cheat or harm someone

The act of stealing property

Easy to use or access; fitting one's needs

A place to stay; an adaptation or adjustment

A small tailless amphibian that hops