point system; credit system
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the whole month; all the month
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
to make a false accusation
fair and impartial; just and unselfish
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
to hammer out thinly (e.g. goldleaf)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
going off to urinate together
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
escapement (clock mechanism)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
hurried construction; speedy laying
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
realpolitik; pragmatic politics
se (Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approx. 99.174 m.sq.)
heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage)
to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
string made from twisted paper
gardening; puttering around in the garden
to express ... in terms of ...
wheat sheaf; stacked wheat
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
to be filled with thousand emotions; to be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions; to be wrought by a thousand emotions