interest; rights; concession
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
income; receipts; revenue
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
satellite city; satellite town
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to stop walking; to pause
generation; the world; the age
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
at that time; in those days
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to be injured; to sustain a wound
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
counter for books; volume
account book; register; ledger
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
letter; missive; note; mail