substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
tear gland; lacrimal gland
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
a great variety of; diversity
preliminary step; first step
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to strike dead; to beat to death
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
in this manner; in this way; like this
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no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
high sensitivity; fragile heart
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
body; body blow (in boxing)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
death rate; mortality rate
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
fine weather; fair weather