slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
dirty work; unpleasant task
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
way (of doing); manner; method; means
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
hostility; antagonism; opposition
item; something that one "just has to have"
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
storehouse; warehouse; godown
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
to speak; to hear a voice
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
and; thereupon; because of that
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage