ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
(very) patient; persevering
even though things may appear this way
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
hold; holding; long press (touchscreen gesture); touch and hold; hold (in rock climbing or bouldering); hold (in wrestling)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to cross the line; to go too far
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
to discuss; to talk together
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
memory; sense; experience
recovery; undoing; recall