white hair; grey hair; gray hair
man; male; masculine gender
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
such ... as; or some such
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
impossible; unlikely; improbable
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
by means of; due to; because of; according to
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
as (for); for; in the capacity of
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet