flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
wages; pay; rental payment
free time; time at leisure
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
different opinion; objection
all night long; all through the night
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
jewel; precious stone; gem
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
party; set; gang; company; person
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to backfire; to have a harmful result
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
sharply; harshly; stingingly
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
(physical) growth; development
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
vain; futile; transient; frivolous
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody