slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
vitality; (one's) life force
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to push aside; to brush aside
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to lose sight of; to miss
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
three; three years of age
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle