to finger; to tamper (with)
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
that's too bad; too bad for you!
(with a) start; fright; alarm
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
society; the world; the times
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to do; to commit; to accomplish; to achieve
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
from the viewpoint of; according to
as is habit; the way life normally is
vexing; irritating; impatient
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
seizure; attachment; foreclosure
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to be sharp; to be pointed
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited