(not) a soul; (not) a single person
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
interior; inside; internal
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
interference; intervention; meddling
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
looking into distance; watchtower; distant view
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other