Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
minuteness; one millionth
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
middle of the night; dead of night
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
living thing; living creature; animal; life
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
owner of a brothel or restaurant
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
examination; investigation; prosecution
government soldier; officers and other ranks; officers and enlisted
capturing something alive
to knock down; to knock off
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
government office; government agency; authorities
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
than; other than; except; but
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)