deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
feng (male Chinese firebird)
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
reluctance to part; sorrow at parting
farewell cup; farewell dinner
to doze off; to nod off; to snooze
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
utmost limit; extremity; result
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
internal conditions; true state of affairs
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to backfire; to have a harmful result
hostility; animosity; enmity
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
like this; this sort; this way
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
light rain; rain falling at a time of sadness; condoling rain
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)