臨

to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

to lie / to crouch

(formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend

to approach / to come closer

on the edge of / (fig.) on the verge of / close to

to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming

lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude

soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture

lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution

when things come to a head (idiom)

facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave

we are honored by your presence

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)

(honorific) to visit / to call in

welcome

Death is near at hand. (idiom)

lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death) / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

subcritical

to come again

imminent

nightfall

facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose