quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
somehow; for some reason (or other)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
this and that; one thing and another
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
before the gate; in front of the gate
street; quarter; district; area
lot area; site area; plottage; lot size
made of aluminum (aluminium)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
cigarette end; cigarette butt
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
information transfer; information transmission
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to get someone to say; to make someone say
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West