having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
progress; being under way
as far as the eye can see
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
situation of one's own doing
close to the wall; alongside the wall
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
nervousness; oversensitivity
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner
preliminary arrangements; spade work
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people