reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
not necessarily so; is not always true
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
that is to say; so that means
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
based on; built on; made from
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
weak point; unskillfulness
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach