timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
acting ability; talent as a performer
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
long (time); protracted; prolonged
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
scenery; scene; landscape
urgency; exigency; emergency
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
and; thereupon; because of that
continuation; succession; series
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
all you want; as much as one wants
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
offender; criminal; culprit
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin