lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to repaint; to paint again
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
(lubricating) oil; oiling a machine
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
actor; actress; player; performer
loud sound; loud reverberation
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
100,000; hundred thousand
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
strangulation; strangling
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
major dealer; wealthy merchant
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
by today; before the day is over
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about