to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
the deceased; the departed
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers
down to earth; reasonable
attendance; participation; presence
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
disciples of one's disciples
bluff; false show of power; bold front
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
qipao; cheongsam; mandarin dress
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
import; importation; introduction; afferent