neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
just because; even if; even though
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
doing as one is told; yes-man
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
signature; signing; sealing
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible