(Chinese) merchant caravan
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
supply; supplying; replenishment
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
now that; since; so long as; because
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
the more one looks (at it) the more ...
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to eat up; to consume (completely)
since then; from that time; ever since
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
so; therefore; and; (and) then
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
race (of people); type of person
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less