to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
failure; mistake; blunder
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
without; but if; otherwise; or else
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
passing through without stopping; passing by
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
should; must; -able; probably; likely
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
personal; individual; private
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to be in danger of; to be liable to
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen