lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be opposite; to face each other
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to pierce through; to break through
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old