almost every day; almost daily
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
town; city; municipal; urban
sharia; shariah; shariat; Islamic canonical law
to throw open; to leave open
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
seeing one off; farewell; escort
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to lay aside; to set aside
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly