somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
threat; intimidation; menace
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
in case of; at that time; at this time
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
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)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto