older sister; elder sister
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
of no interest; not interested
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
last week; the week before
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
and; thereupon; because of that
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
two colours; two varieties; two types
head; lead; vanguard; first
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
playing (a wind instrument); blowing
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")