and (also); both ... and; as well as
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
few decades; many decades; several decades
naughty; mischievous; unruly
to feel hungry; to get hungry
one breath; chug!; drink!
conquest; domination; mastery
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
to repeat; to be frequent
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
greater than ...; bigger ...
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
beloved child; dear child
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
supreme; sublime; highest
(in) his way; peculiar to him