living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
desperation; struggle to the death
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
about when; about what time; how soon
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
level ground; plain; flatland
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
starvation; famine; hunger
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)