to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
please; somehow or other; one way or another
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to accept (a thing) with thanks
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who