sleeping pill; sleep medication
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
reputation; respectability
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to refuse; to decline; to deny
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
flight; desertion; escape
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to talk; to carry meaning
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
difficult to ...; hard to ...
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty