making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
to die by drowning; to drown
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to strangle; to constrict
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
periodic; regular; routine
passage; path; route; one's way
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to add balance (to one's work, life, etc.); to balance work and play; to pace oneself
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
stirring; slight movement