oops!; I did it again; now I've done it; I've messed up
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
single-mother household; fatherless family
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
rebellious phase; rebellious age
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
such a thing; something like that
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
fair and square; open and aboveboard
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be born; to come into the world
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault