stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
as (for); for; in the capacity of
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
original intention; initial resolution
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
biological child; one's own child
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to watch steadily; to stare
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
older sister and younger brother
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
doing as one is told; yes-man
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in