retention; maintenance; preservation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
permission; approval; authorization; license
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
arbitration; intercession; mediation
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
short distance; close range
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
one by one; in detail; minutely
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now