wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to raise one's voice; to shout
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
president (of a society); chairman
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
manly; masculine; like a man
number plate; licence plate; license plate
very careful; thoroughly prepared
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
surface of the earth; ground surface
weight; heavyweight boxer
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to look around; to survey
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
bento; Japanese box lunch
early arrival (at work); reporting early for work; taking an early shift; leaving the house early in the morning (to go to work)
physical condition; state of health
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)