event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
sexy; popular; well-liked
older sister; elder sister
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
one day; (on) a certain day
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
(medical) doctor; physician
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
beforehand; in advance; previously
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to press a question; to cross-examine
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
middle and high-school students