help; assistance; service
according to plan; as planned
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
rotation (on an axis); rotation (under its own power)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
conifer; needle-leaved tree
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
good news; glad tidings; gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ)
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
jiangshi; Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
aura of a sword; spirit of a sword
(made of) leather; leather-bound
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
unimpressive; unimpressed
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to be overcome with emotion
absorption; suction; attraction
one of these days; someday; one day
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
(wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times