home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
battlefield; battleground
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
in succession; one by one
to jump upon (a moving object)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
in that way; like that; that way
one's own property; possessions
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
start; commencement; beginning; initiation