honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
in case of; at that time; at this time
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
sickroom; hospital room; ward
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to drop; to let fall; to omit
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to play a leading role; to play a central part
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
be (that) as it may; having said that
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
command; lead; generalship; leadership
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
strong interaction; strong force
to accept; to receive; to agree
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to