sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
although I say; although one might say; although called
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
(social) position; status
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
gambling den; gambling house
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)