settlement; permanent residency
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
eccentric; crank; oddball
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
novel; original; new; innovative
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
psychiatrist; mental specialist; alienist
sign; indication; omen; symptom
collection of letters; collected letters
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
atelier; studio; workshop
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to cause someone to worry
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
mentally deranged person; lunatic; mental patient
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to fall ill; to be taken ill
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
bottom current; undercurrent
to accept; to receive; to agree
notary public; notary; public notary