effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
room key (e.g. at a hotel)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
for the present; for the time being
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
one's possessions; ownership
ago; since; before; previous
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
fully prepared; all ready
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
so; like this; in this way
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
in that way; like that; that way
having lost face; in a bind
(not) so much; (not) that much