property; fortune; assets
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
black and white; right and wrong
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
great writer; literary master; distinguished author
Tolstoy; Tolstoi; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910; Russian writer)
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
field; plain; prairie; moor
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to take flight; to disappear
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; dear me!; thank God!
short pause; short interval
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
big snake; (large) serpent
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to look around; to survey
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
venomous snake; poisonous snake
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
alternately; in succession
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
counter for drops of liquid
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
deliciously sweet; delectable; sweet dew sent by heaven as a sign of benevolent rule (Chinese legend); sweetened water; sweet sake; amrita; ambrosia of the gods