to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
foreign; abroad; overseas
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to slap; to strike; to spank
even if; even though; however; no matter how
one way or the other; either way
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
trauma (usu. psychological)
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
hair iron; curling tongs; straightening iron
receiving an electric shock
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
torture device; instrument of torture
electronic massager; mechanical massager; massager; massaging tool; vibrator
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous