frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
doctor's visit; house call
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
really; truly; indeed; good grief
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
tenement house; row house
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
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
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound