tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to lay aside; to set aside
early to bed early to rise
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
(present) head of a family
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
boisterous merrymaking; racket; spree
tedious; boring; being fed up with
belief; faith; conviction
way out; means to escape; escape route
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to drop into; to slip into; to let fall into; to slide (something) down
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
important documents; important papers
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of