non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to sustain a serious wound
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
cross; crossed; cruciform
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
mixed race; mixed parentage
mangy cur; low animal; beast
to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
from the beginning; from scratch
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
famous line (from a movie, book, etc.); famous quote
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
red-horned demon; red ogre
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
to drug (someone, food, drink)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
convenient; handy; useful
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination