to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
plump; chubby; voluptuous
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
delusion; trick of the imagination
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
each house; every house; many houses
roof tile; tiled roof; objects crowded together (e.g. houses)
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
to keep away; to keep at a distance
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
falling into straitened circumstances; downfall; ruin
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
openly and secretly; helping in all ways