(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
misrepresentation; false statement
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
(being beholden to someone for a favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
had better ...; had better not ...
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
really; truly; indeed; good grief
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
(not) even once; (not) ever
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...