one by one; one after another; successively
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
minimum; at the very least
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to anticipate; to foresee
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
small number; few; minority
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
near; nearby; not far off
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to accumulate merit; to make merit
to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
momentum; amount of exercise
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
long time; several hours; long spell
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one