on the occasion of; at the time of
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
exaltation; emotional uplift
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
frequency (of occurrence)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to blow off; to be blown off
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
normalcy; normality; normal
desperation; self-abandonment
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
infant; baby; little child
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
somehow; for some reason or other
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
extensive; vast range; wide scope