cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
can't help; won't make much difference
what's that?; what the ...
shopping centre; shopping center; shopping mall
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
needing care (of a person); needing to be looked after; troublesome; annoying; difficult
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
surname; family name; last name
experience; history; record; career
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
personal history; background; career
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
unusual space; other dimension
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
solution; solution strategy
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!