Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
progress; being under way
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
trifling; little; few; slight
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
possible; likely; probable
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
the reason is ...; it is because ...
to prostrate oneself before
to summon; to get used to call
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment