stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
living with one's parents; living at home
commuting to school; school commute
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
one room apartment; studio apartment
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
studio apartment; studio flat
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
kitchen; financial situation
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
floor above; floor upstairs
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
to repaint; to paint again
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to shake; to sway; to waver
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
common use; communal use; sharing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?