food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
sunlight filtering through trees
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
to brush off; to shake off
environment; circumstance
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to surround; to crowd around