careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
ignorant of the ways of the world
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
custom; habit; customary practice
(one's) quota; assignment
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
that's the way it is; such is life
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
source of river; fountainhead
order of chivalry; chivalric order
defense; defence; guard; policing; security