had better ...; had better not ...
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
how long; how much; to what extent
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate