passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
no!; no no!; no, not at all
sky; the heavens; God; the Lord; ascension (into heaven)
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
everything; anything; nothing
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
right under; directly below; right beneath
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
under the staircase; understairs
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
the other day; a few days ago
to talk; to carry meaning
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
be (that) as it may; having said that
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
major war; great war; world war
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
mixed race; mixed parentage
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)