(on) one's own; (by) oneself
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
maintenance; preservation; improvement
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
arbitration; intercession; mediation
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to go out and away; to leave
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to intend; to be sure that
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
while; during; performed in this condition
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
rule; reign; government; governing