sick person; patient; invalid
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
immediately; right away; on the spot
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
picking up trash; collecting garbage
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
lonesome; lonely; forlorn
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
way one walks; one's walk
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
stationery shop; a stationer
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
single-storied house; single-storied building
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
housing district; residential district
in its entirety; whole; wholly
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be