to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
honor; honour; credit; prestige
adviser; advisor; consultant
be (that) as it may; having said that
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
at once; immediately; right now
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life