3rd day of the month; three days
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
height (of a person); stature
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
that kind; competition; match
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
covered in mud; mud-caked
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
gleaming; shining; glistening
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
village headman; village mayor
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
foster mother; adoptive mother