to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
exclusive; attached to; specialist
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
dead person; deceased person
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
preliminary step; first step
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to mistake (A for B); to misread
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
propulsive power; driving force
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
rule; reign; peaceful times
this and that; one thing or another
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage