many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
agricultural community; farm village; rural
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
wherein; therein; thereinto
reality; actuality; hard fact
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
nothing but; none other than
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
on the occasion of; at the time of
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
completely; fully; entirely
to set (sun); to become dark
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
spring in full bloom; spring at its height
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)