middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
this world; this life; world of the living
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin