poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
sheet metal; dagger; sword
valuable article; valuables
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
way of solving (a problem); solution
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
management; administration; operation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
forced laugh; forced smile
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify