dipping up (night soil); scooping up
swift (any bird of family Apodidae); fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
russet; tawny; yellow-brown
to appear rustic; to become countrified
large-scale map; detailed map
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
monkey wrench; adjustable wrench; shifting spanner
in brief; to put it succinctly
(putting on the) airs of an official
starvation; famine; hunger
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
sound of a heavy object falling
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
nerve ganglion; nerve knot; ganglion; ganglia
dense (vegetation); thick; prominent; popular; gloomy (mood)
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
a long time (since the last time)