famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rather; sooner; preferably
(death from) starvation; starving to death
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
had better ...; had better not ...
something like ...; something called ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to employ; to hire; to charter
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually