buried earthen jar that makes sound when water drips into it (garden feature)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
decisive battle of brief duration
(arch.) to match; (arch.) to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
capillary vessel; capillary
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
direct unforked road; straight path
way out; means to escape; escape route
one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
way of speaking; intimation
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
passage; path; route; one's way
to smash; to break into pieces
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
scattered animal feed; ground bait
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
tag (children's game); tig
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback