wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to have a talk; to tell a story
at least; at most; (even) just
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
uninhabited island; desert island
like this; this sort; this way
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
discovery; detection; finding
body; physical system; (the) person
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
convenient; handy; useful
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to be erected; to be built
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret