to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
river; stream; River; the ... river
land reclamation (from sea)
channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
(navigable) canal; waterway
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bank; weir; embankment; levee
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
marshy grassland; wetlands
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first