several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
desperately; for one's dear life
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
connection; link; relationship
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
thorough; exhaustive; complete
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
to lose sight of; to miss
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)