dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
port city; harbor city; harbour city
mutation; change; transition
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
how many years; how long; what year
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket