-less; lacking; non-existing
efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
farmland; rice field or paddy
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
every year; yearly; annually
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
two times; twice; two degrees
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
people from one's hometown
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
study; diligence; discount; reduction
results; record; grades; marks
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
passing (an examination); making the grade
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)