to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
corrugated iron; corrugated sheet metal; galvanised sheet iron
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
at a stroke; with a single swoop
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
here and there; in places