to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
seeming dangerous; risky; unsafe; chancy; unsteady; clumsy
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation
construction; architecture (of buildings)
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
(foreign) concession (in China); settlement
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
shutting oneself up in one's house; staying indoors; living in seclusion; house arrest (Edo-period punishment)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
occupation; calling; livelihood
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself