to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
authority; power; function
antiquity; the previous era
the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
Dragon King; promoted rook
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
transcendence; transcendency
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
(dead) body; corpse; remains
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
living thing; living creature; animal; life
regret; repentance; remorse
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
(national) capital (city); metropolis
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to throw oneself (into an activity)