to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
scattering (in all directions)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to sustain a serious wound
severe wound; serious wound; gash
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
earth (color, colour); earthen; ashen; deathly pale
change; transformation; inversion
remaining quantity; residual quantity
destruction; collapse; crumbling
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to switch off; to turn off
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
one's whole heart; everything one feels
to be handed down from generation to generation
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand