where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
stale; hackneyed; cliched
at last your time has come; I have found you at last
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
good-for-nothing; worthless
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
folding knife; clasp-knife; penknife
to be embarrassed; to lose face
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
everything one does; whatever one does