clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
business ability; business acumen
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to palm off; to force a sale
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
surroundings; environs; circumference
each house; every house; many houses
considerably; fairly; quite
(present) head of a family
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
hossu; (ceremonial) fly whisk; horse tail whisk
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
door; gate; opening; title page
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
gem; jewel; precious stone
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
young master; young gentleman
one's wife and mistress(es)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
secret; private; surreptitious
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)