consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
meanwhile; in the meantime
street stall; stand; booth
hair elastic; hair tie; hair band; rubber band
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
the opposite direction; the other way
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
circuit diagram; schematic
little finger; pinky; little toe
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
change of occupation; career change
written explanation; written apology
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
battlefield; battleground
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
baseball player; ballplayer
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher