rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
while crying; tearfully; in tears
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
factory; plant; mill; workshop
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to project; to stick out; to stand out
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
failure; mistake; blunder
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
every evening; night after night
to creep about; to crawl around
too many to count; too numerous to mention
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained