asthma attack; asthma exacerbation
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
suspicion (of others); jealousy
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
arrest; apprehension; capture
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
care; precaution; guarding; caution
sharp parting remark; parting threat
man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her; supernatural wolf stalking humans in the woods
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
easy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
decimal point; radix point
small number; small amount; fraction; decimal fraction
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand
seeing off and meeting on return