the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
and yet; though; when; in spite of
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
staying the night; lodging (at)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
so; like this; in this way
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
considerably; fairly; quite
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
please; somehow or other; one way or another
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
pride; boast; credit (to)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)