people; men and women; each person; everybody
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
being too late; losing one's final chance
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
genuine article; real thing; real deal
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
town girl; girl raised in a town
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...