gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to shed light; to cast light
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to break the silence; to break one's silence
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
settlement; permanent residency
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
I have nothing to do with it
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to get one's breath back; to calm down
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view