personification; impersonation; embodiment
one by one; one after another; successively
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
proposal; proposition; suggestion
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
if so; in that case; in that situation
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
failure; mistake; blunder
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
how many people; a number of people
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
about; on; regarding; per; for every