important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to arrive; to come to pass
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
will; testament; last request
stubbornly sticking to old ways; narrow-mindedly rejecting other people's views
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to hide; to keep to oneself
family; members of a family
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to have meaning; to be meaningful
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to some extent; to a certain extent
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to live fast (and recklessly)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
world; society; people; the public
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to push aside; to brush aside
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
reason; cause; circumstances
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error