cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
summer vacation; summer holiday
The Old Man and the Sea (1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway)
snarling old man; irascible old man
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
locals; local inhabitants
national road; national highway
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
precipice; cliff; flat head
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
irrepressibly aroused (esp. sexually); stimulated
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of