farmer; farming family; farmhouse
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
water bursting through (a dike)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
discovery; detection; finding
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
raging fire; conflagration
immediately; right away; on the spot
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
high steward; grand master
Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
chamberlain; castle keeper