to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
shore; bank (of a body of water)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to lean against; to set against
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to look around; to survey
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart