to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
after that; afterwards; thereafter
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
just because; even if; even though
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
both; both sides; both parties
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far