thin, diffuse, sparse / lacking, wanting / improbable

thinness, diffuseness, sparseness / lacking, wanting / improbability; low chance

unannotated Classical Chinese text, as opposed to Classical Chinese text annotated with kunten reading aids to read it as Japanese, or the Japanese reading of a Classical Chinese text

(literary) barren (not producing vegetation); infertile

twilight; dusk; faint light

a masked palm civet

Alternative spelling of 白亜紀 (“Cretaceous period”)

a snow goose

(often used in journalism) to (personally) reveal the shocking truth

(often used in journalism) (personally) revealing the shocking truth