description; describing; depicting
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to stare back (at); to glare back
falling down one after another (like dominoes); toppling shogi pieces (lined up in a row)
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to say no more; to sink into silence
somewhere (very vague); someplace (very vague)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to torment; to torture; to harass
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
river; stream; River; the ... river
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
abundant harvest; bumper crop
railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
death penalty; capital punishment
murder; killing; murderer
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus