participation; joining; entry; adherence
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
sequel; later development
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
vice; immorality; corruption
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
the whole day; all the day
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
to comfort; to console; to amuse
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
prohibition; inhibition; ban
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to press a question; to cross-examine
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted