to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
guidance; leadership; leading the way
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to get between; to be caught in
to benefit (the world, society, etc.); to be of use to; to be of service to
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
empirical; from experience
going on a pleasure jaunt
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
hard to get; hard to come by
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
pitch dark; total darkness
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone