to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
perception; sensation; awareness
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
perfect; complete; flawless
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to have the privilege of doing
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
person in charge; official; attendant
chopstick stand; weaning ceremony
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
latent disposition; inner feelings
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to die; (lit.) to become bones
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person