at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
river fish; freshwater fish
cooking; food preparation
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
papermaking; paper manufacture
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
raw materials; ingredient
another thing; other things; another man's property
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
vitality; ability to earn a living
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it
somewhat below; slightly below
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)