the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
authentication by facial recognition
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
passing through without stopping; passing by
unhappy event (e.g. death); funeral
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
funeral journey; funeral march
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to die out; to become extinct
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
the deceased; the departed
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
in spite of; regardless of
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
after death; posthumously
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
left breast; left side of the chest
name plate; name tag; label
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
funeral hall; ceremony site
staff member; employee; worker; personnel