upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
dry riverbed; river beach
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
shaft (of an arrow); arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
with a start; with a jump
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
alternately; by turns; one after the other
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender