difficult to ...; hard to ...
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
to discuss; to talk together
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.)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
along the river; riverside
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to cause a person trouble
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to continue to rain or snow