towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
money-making; earning money
tool; implement; means; furniture
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
condensation; formation of dew
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
paper towel; kitchen paper; kitchen roll
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
originally; by nature; from the start
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium
cheap article; poor quality article
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
in case of; at that time; at this time
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind