true character; true heart; true spirit
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to happen to hear; to overhear
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
course; route; path; process; stages
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
priority level; degree of relative priority
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
man; male; masculine gender
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
drinking bout; merrymaking
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
deeply impressive; memorable; striking
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
reality; actuality; hard fact
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
personal history; background; career
appointment; meeting (e.g. with a customer)
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear