cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
sincere; honest; faithful
to be to the point; to be pertinent
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to comfort; to console; to amuse
in search of; in order to look for
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be detained; to take time
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
to be amused; to find something interesting
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to increase; to add to; to augment
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost