friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to say; to be called; to do
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
personal; individual; private
property; fortune; means; assets
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
sincere; honest; faithful
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to ask; to enquire; to query
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
all (there is); as long as there is
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to manage a state; to govern a country
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to accept; to receive; to agree
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air