to help each other; to cooperate
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
leader; guide; mentor; coach
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
without permission; without notice
confusion; distraction; derangement
to become experienced (after many years of practice); to become worn (through long use); to show its age
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
build; physique; frame; constitution
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
as a child; when one was a child
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
different person; another person; someone else; changed man