daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
each house; every house; many houses
vacant house; unoccupied house
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
to increase more and more; to continue to increase; to become more and more intense; to get stronger and stronger
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
Joseph; Josef; Jozef; Josephs
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand
talking while standing; standing around talking
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
mill ends; lumber remnants; wood waste
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
place where one works; construction site; working area
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to hold fast; to protect to the end
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off