起

to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)

Medicine

priapism

thunder before a snowstorm

to stir up; to stimulate

Medicine

erectile dysfunction; ED

rice paddy plowing; tilling a rice field

encouragement; stimulation

spinneret (of a spider)

to stir up (e.g. a fire)

xiphoid process; ensiform cartilage

mastoid

dendrite; dendron

spinous process

to plow a field; to plough a field

Proverb

all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit

Proverb

all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit

change of fortune; trying to change one's luck

Buddhism

dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

occurring simultaneously

bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto

Music

anacrusis

Food, cooking

millet brittle

Proverb

the early bird catches the worm

to turn over soil; to dig or plow up (plough)