innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
several times; once or twice
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
safety reflector; reflector; reflective material
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
race track; course; express trail
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
what minute; how many minutes
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
hereabouts; around there; that area
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to mind; to care; to worry
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
stamina; energy; stamina-boosting (esp. of meat dishes containing raw egg yolks, garlic, Chinese chives, etc.)
wooden fence; board fence
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
going off course; going out of bounds
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
slim; slender; slight; delicate
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent