long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to scatter away; to vanish
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
nesting hole; burrow; den
stillness; repose; standing still
just above; right overhead
east, west, south and north
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
distant; remote; isolated
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
jokingly; in the form of a joke
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
remote control; remote operation
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
to add (to); to add on; to append
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to be remembered; to go down in history
at a young age; while still young
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
praise and censure; criticism
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity