A spirit dancing around the fire with a broom.

Picture a house on stilts with pigs underneath.

flowers that grow on top of a house

whole grain threshed into grains of rice

as a component: “米字旁”

you can go fishing where there is some water and fish

hundred people in a house staying overnight

To a soldier in training, an extra shell of armor seems superfluous.

Prince Superfluous is sent off as a soldier and dies in a shelling.

to know your sun will set is wisdom

as a component: “舟字旁”

"This prince is an adventurer. Like Columbus, he stands up to the crown with a compass by his side and declares 'the earth is round'." (Royal Family)

lead factory belching smoke

Machine guns shoot a lot of bullets in a row, threaded together in a line that is fed through the gun.

only in a pressure cooker can you melt insects

swipe the card up and down, top to bottom

alternative breakdown: 一+夕 ceiling + evening

Picture a haunted house: a carcass hanging from the ceiling in the evening.

endure pain whether by the blade or in your heart

it's persimmon season, they've hit the market

You find wild celery flowering near your shelter. You harvest it with your axe. (Hunter-Gatherer)

packages bound up uniformly with two strips of tape, one in each direction