evening; night; nighttime
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
same; similar; (just) like; equal
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
maintaining the status quo
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
right in the midst of; right at the height of
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
hard worker; hardworking person
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
definite; final; decisive; conclusive