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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

5

March; third month of the lunar calendar

2

summer

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can

1

moisture

2

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

3

to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky

2

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

9

light rain; drizzle

1

with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go

1

after that (a substantive change occurred)

4

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly

1

growth (of a plant)

2

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

5

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

10

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

2

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

hedge; fence; border; limit

4

four corners; four ordinal directions

3

reinforcement; strengthening

1

vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof

1

support; stay; prop

1

crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles

1

nature; Mother Nature

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

2

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

3

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

1

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

6

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

1

silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)

16

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

cockscomb; comb; crest

1

sprouts; new shoots; young buds

3

orange (fruit, colour)

3

calyx; corolla

1

stray dog

1

to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

2

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

4

to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

1

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1