front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
pretension; conceit; hubris
belief; faith; conviction
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
wicked thought; wicked mind
many; numerous; various; large number of
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to spend time (on doing something)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
yearned for; longed for; missed
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
drinking alone; solitary drinking
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve