taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
first generation; founder
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
thought; consideration; thinking
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
core; core; hardcore; all-out
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
providing information; provision of information; information provision
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
enemy territory; hostile place
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to be softened; to calm down
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around