stale; hackneyed; cliched
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to subsist; to keep on living
spouse; wife; husband; partner
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
useful thing; usable article
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
interference; intervention; meddling
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
overhead wires; elevated railway
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration