past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
northern part; the north (of a region)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
remarkable; striking; obvious
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to pay attention; to be watchful
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
simply put; putting it simply; in short
master; teacher; stable master
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
state; condition; situation; terms
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery
Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
succession; accession; inheritance