yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to become better; to improve
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
many; much; plenty; hardly
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
place; room; margin; scope
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
parting; separation; farewell
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with