faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
sweet voice; seductive voice
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
metal fittings; metal fixtures
feel (of a material); texture
is something that; is that which
only recently; just of late
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
beyond that point; after that
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to crack; to develop a crack
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
to lie deep in; to extend far back
accurate; correct; precise; exact
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch