plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
however; having said that; but
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
courting; wooing; making advances
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
many; a lot; much; multitude
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
antiquity; the previous era
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
modernization; modernisation
background research; research into the period
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
real experience; actual observations
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
firmly; solidly; heartily
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
secret swordsmanship (of a specific school); secret traditions of fencing