total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
thicket; coppice; brushwood
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
snake; serpent; large snake
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
although I say; although one might say; although called
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
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)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
front shrine; hall of worship
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
such ... as; or some such
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart