to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to talk; to chat; to chatter
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
skilfully; skillfully; successfully; smoothly; deliciously
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
piece; fragment; one (object)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
boiled and half-dried bonito
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple