allotment; quota; payment in installments; payment in instalments; hire-purchase
washing by rubbing (clothes, hands, etc.)
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
regulation; adjustment; control
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
heir; inheritor; successor
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
residing; living; dwelling
medical care; medical treatment
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
study; pursuit of knowledge
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
writing (e.g. as a profession)
favourite book; favorite book
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
white; correction fluid; white-out
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to run away; to escape safely
center; centre; metropolis
to tower over the surroundings