main street (as opposed to a side street); high street
street; quarter; district; area
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to get thin; to taper off
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
beginning; start; first moxa treatment
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
one after another; in rapid succession