illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
river; stream; River; the ... river
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
after a long time; for the first time in a while
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
pleased to make your acquaintance
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to find out; to discover; to locate
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type