last days; the end; one's fate
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
(being) worth seeing; impressive
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
to lead a life; to live a life
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
historical; traditional; historic
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
mountain climbing; mountaineering
in search of; in order to look for
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills