huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
rest; break; recess; intermission
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
raw materials; ingredients
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much