helping hand; help; support; aid
the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); the seven days of the week
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
calamity; disaster; misfortune
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to use up all one's strength
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to say (something) over one's shoulder
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)