man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
myself; yourself; I; me; you
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
brand items; brand-name goods
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
decoration; ornament; trimmings
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up