circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
vitality; (one's) life force
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to step firmly; to harden by treading
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
snake; serpent; large snake
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
fine weather; fair weather
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
good feeling; feeling good
with a friendly grin; smilingly
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
while; even though; despite
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to move forward; to move on
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
as a child; when one was a child
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
since then; from that time; ever since