to ask; to enquire; to query
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
surely; certainly; without doubt
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
care; precaution; guarding; caution
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
late at night; small hours of the morning
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to cut off (a relationship)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
lately; recently; nowadays
journal; magazine; periodical
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness