taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
barometer (instrument); measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
pillar of fire; blazing column
wooden building; wooden architecture
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
item; something that one "just has to have"
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
assertion; declaration; affirmation
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
cherry blossom (colour, color)
relations; members of extended family
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
seventh day of the month; seven days
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to suffer from tuberculosis