to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars; wheelwright; cartwright; rickshawman; rickshaw station
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
(another's) daughter; young lady
it's no joke; gimme a break!
along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
temporary employment; temporary employee
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
judgement (on whether something is right or wrong); decision; argument; dispute; quarrel
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene