to be worried; to be troubled
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to face; to go towards; to head towards
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
growing thickly; growing densely
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
again; once more; a second time
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
being startled; getting a shock
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
river; stream; River; the ... river
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that