book; volume; this; present; main; head
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
penalty; sentence; punishment
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
price; cost; value; worth; value
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
seamanship; (the art of) navigation