celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (meld)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
section manager; section chief
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
government worker; public servant; civil servant
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
Odontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)
to take; to catch; to capture
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
news; word; tidings; omen
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
trial; judgement; judgment
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
trivial; not amounting to much
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
maintenance; preservation; improvement
photography; taking photographs
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something