pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
cooperation; collaboration
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
perfect; complete; flawless
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
heart; guts; nerve; central part
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
postwar period; period after Second World War
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
at that time; in those days