middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
man; male; masculine gender
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
chair; stool; post; office; position
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to approach; to draw near
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
rather; better; instead; if anything
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
originally; by nature; from the start
hollow; sharply; cleanly (of cutting); smoothly
degeneration; retrogression
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
difficult to ...; hard to ...