to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
that is to say; so that means
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
that is to say; so that means
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
(turned out) all right in the end
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
wooden building; wooden architecture
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding