empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
forcibly; against one's will
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to pile up; to accumulate
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to be damaged; to receive damage
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
company outing; company retreat
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that