radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
another method; another problem
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
burning at the stake; burning to death
vassals; retainers; followers
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
to stop walking; to pause
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
government official; public official
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to change (buses, boats, etc.); to transfer (to); to possess (of a god, spirit, etc.)
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
memory; ability to remember
mockery; derision; ridicule
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
another thing; other things; another man's property
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
to need; to demand; to take; to require
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible