new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to burst (open); to break; to split
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
by all means; by all costs
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to chase; to run after; to pursue
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
scale; scope; plan; structure
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
until now; so far; up to the present
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
heating power; thermal power; firepower
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to spend time (on doing something)
consequently; as a result
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess