to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
to move forward; to move on
descending a mountain; descent
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
one's way (ahead); one's path
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to get tired out; to be exhausted
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
chance (of success); odds
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
rare; uncommon; not often seen
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
front and back; before and behind; before and after
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to become inverted; to become reversed
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
whispering into a person's ear
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire