cracks or fissures in the ground
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
tour around the country; travelling to various provinces
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
yuan (monetary unit of China)
leather shoes; leather boots
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
in person; personally; (do) oneself
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to move forward; to move on
center; centre; metropolis
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run