important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
wish; desire; request; prayer
point card; loyalty card; reward card
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
stingy; cheap; very frugal
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
protection against the cold
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
way of listening; listener
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
giving up; quitting; surrendering
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; covering up wrongdoings and feigning ignorance
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful