deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
last ray of hope; only hope
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
duty; obligation; responsibility
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
cheap article; poor-quality article
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
stretcher; litter; gurney
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
about this time; about now
bento; Japanese box lunch
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
existence; being; life; survival
probability; likelihood; chances
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly