(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
tenement house; row house
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to run about; to rush about
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
(dead) end; end of the line
bungalow; one-story house
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
beforehand; in advance; previously
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
right angle; perpendicular
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
to pull one's hair back into a bun
leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious