gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
inland districts; inland areas
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
(punishment by) striking with fists
according to plan; as planned; on target
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
special order; custom order
blow; shock; strike; batting
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
convenience; user-friendliness
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
last days; the end; one's fate
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot