whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
high spirits; boastful talk
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
universality; ubiquity; omnipresence; catholicity
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
anything and everything; just about everything
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
realistic; practical; feasible
lack of knowledge or understanding
ladies' magazine; women's magazine
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
(divine) providence; dispensation
steady; sound; reliable; solid