one by one; one after another; successively
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
way of speaking; intimation
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
body and soul; mind and body
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to crumble away; to collapse
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
suddenly; all of a sudden
anonymity; using an assumed name
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp