to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
illegitimate child; secret love child
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
to snatch from; to steal from
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
every month; each month; monthly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
living by oneself; living alone
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
interest; (investment) yield; profits
every other week; every two weeks
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
stimulant; pep-pill; shabu; upper; speed
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to try all possible means
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
hospitalization; hospitalisation
female friend; woman friend
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity