snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
several minutes; a few minutes
serious condition; critical condition
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to join together; to combine; to join up
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...