town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
water's edge; beach; foreshore
manners; courtesy; etiquette
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to talk; to carry meaning
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
water's edge; beach; shore
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
salty sea breeze; salt wind
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
revengeful ghost; apparition
curse; spell; malediction
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
person who has committed suicide
repentance; confession; penitence
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...