strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
whispering; murmuring; subdued
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
even though; despite; when
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
unlucky quarter (southwest)
bearing; heading; point of the compass
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
small hill; low hill; hillock
six (long cylindrical things)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
tedious; boring; being fed up with
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
in swarms; in great crowds
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress