the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
such; this sort of; like this
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
systematic; organized; organizational
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
pitch dark; total darkness
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
residence; housing; residential building
to be needed; to be wanted
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
tool; implement; means; furniture
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
(electric) torch; flashlight
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor