water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
present; gift; to give a present or gift
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
just because; even if; even though
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
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
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox