adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
extension and structural alteration of building
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
one after another; in rapid succession
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to knock down; to knock off
professional killer; hit man
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
degree of familiarity; popularity
to brave a danger; to take a risk
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
fuel consumption; gas mileage
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
still better; even better
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)