groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
labor; labour; manpower; working force
manufacturing plant; production facility
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
same family (race, tribe)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
home area; home town; local
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
(death from) starvation; starving to death
waiting for the traffic lights to change
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
venereal disease; sexually transmitted infection; sexually transmitted disease; VD; STI; STD
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
symbol; code; sign; notation
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
sentence structure; grammatical construction
to be exhausted; to be tired out
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap