semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
(set of) facial features; looks
branch; branch office; subdivision
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
albino Japanese rat snake
crystalline lens (of the eye)
polite; respectful; reverent
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
soldier; combatant; warrior
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
internal conditions; true state of affairs