request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
not necessarily so; is not always true
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
work style; way of working
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to close (one's eyes); to shut
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
business integration; business merger; integration of management
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
sales; amount sold; proceeds
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
birth; creation; formation
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
high heels; high-heeled shoes
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
a pair (of shoes or socks)