Vocabulary

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death

birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland

to be deaf; to not be able to hear

unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off

to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand

at some point in the past; at some stage

what's what; heads or tails

not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails

(going) crazy; (being) close to the edge

inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable

autumn, the best season for reading

to flatter a higher-up; to suck up to; to curry favour; to brush the dirt from a beard

to flatter a higher-up; to brush the dirt from a beard

gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by

to get a body piercing (earlobe, tongue, etc.)

autumn, season of the tastes

autumn, season of good appetite

autumn, the harvest season

autumn, the best season for doing sports

autumn, the best season for enjoying art

autumn with plentiful harvests

autumn when the moon is beautiful

way one ages; aging (gracefully, etc.)

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

somehow; for some reason or other

something like ...; something called ...

that's a different matter; that's a different story

unit of five (in tallies, etc.)

that is to say; so that means

to escape death; to be saved from death

one of these days; someday; one day

a foolish child is more precious

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

nonexistent; not being (there); not having

the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate

without being discouraged by this (experience); without letting this put (you) off; without being held back by this

vomit-inducing (romance)