first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
proposal; offer; request; application
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
innermost depths of one's heart
failure; mistake; blunder
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
commerce; trade; business
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
street; quarter; district; area
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to make one's rounds; to patrol
of no interest; not interested
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
store interior; inside of a shop
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious