skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
premature death; untimely death; dying young
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
such ... as; or some such
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
either way; in any case; one way or another
(battery) charger; AC adapter
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
good-quality; superior in quality
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
changing clothes; change of clothes
stealthily; secretly; in secret
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
dispersing; breaking up; running away