-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to take a breath; to take a short rest
outside the city area; suburbs
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); ass; arse; butt
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
like this; in this way; as you see
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up