old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
direct connection; direct link
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
and; thereupon; because of that
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to burst (open); to break; to split
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
breaking off; snapping off
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
half a point (esp. in go)
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
society; the world; the times
orphan; person without friends
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
vacant house; unoccupied house
to be dead; to be lifeless