to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
free time; time at leisure
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
literally; to the letter; literal
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
three days and three nights
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
in the hospital; hospitalized
government office; public office
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
settlement; solution; resolution
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
tenth day of the month; ten days
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
second day of the month; two days
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side