body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
upward glance; upturned eyes
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
later on; eventually; afterwards
fixed cost; fixed expense
price reduction; discount
present; current; in operation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
looking depressed; long face
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
personality; character; individuality; personhood