setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
store brand; straight bond; station break; sideback; social business
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
receipt; cash-register slip
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
near; close; beside; third person
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
right in the midst of; right at the height of
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
conversely; on the contrary
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road