being startled; getting a shock
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
toxin; poisonous substance
creation; generation; formation; derivation
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
frequency (of occurrence)
to be too numerous; to be too much
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
otherwise; if not; or else
leisure time; idle moment
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to apologize; to apologise
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
sincere; honest; faithful
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness