village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
course; route; path; process; stages
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
to degenerate; to lapse into
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
wooden building; wooden architecture
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to go past; to pass; to pass by
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne; Vyvyan
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to unfold; to unroll; to open