consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
end of life; death; breathing one's last
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
moisture; humidity; dampness
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied; to feel refreshed
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to be helpful; to be useful
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince