cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
belief; faith; conviction
firm; solid; inflexible; immovable
treatment; service; handling; management
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to be annoying; to be troublesome
first-aid; emergency (aid)
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to leave something as it is
ember; brand; stub (of used candle, match etc.)
heating power; thermal power; firepower
absence; disregard; indifference
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
to catch the eye; to attract attention
image; figure; figure; form; image
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity