not limited to; not just ...
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
poor physical health; bad shape
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to be opposite; to face each other
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate