operation (of machine); operating; running; working
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to squash; to crush; to flatten
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
national holiday; public holiday
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to find out; to discover; to detect
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to be transparent; to show through
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to be perturbed; to be agitated
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to hang one's head; to droop one's head