silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
congratulation; celebration
500-man battalion (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
lull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
everybody for himself; everyone for themselves
lord of a manor; estate steward
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
village headman; village mayor
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
cannot be helped; unavoidable
particularly; only; in the case of
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
armed forces; military; troops
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
though one didn't intend (expect) to
command; lead; generalship; leadership
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate