opening a business; opening a practice
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
if you think about it; come to think of it
leadership; initiative; spearhead
damp; moist (negative nuance)
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to take off one's glasses
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
sick; nauseated; angry; irritated
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
tingling; stinging; pungently
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions