care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
covered with; stained; smeared
pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to gather strength; to take heart
a little bit; a little while
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
fully prepared; all ready
unnatural; affected; studied; forced