to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
empirical; from experience
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous