female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
transactions; dealings; business
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
indicate reason; infers some protest
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
to palm off; to force a sale
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
paints; painting material
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
dismissal; discharge; beheading; decapitation
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
miser; niggard; cheapskate
woman with a turbulent love life; woman always having man trouble
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to arrange not to contradict each other
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
inside one's heart; in one's mind
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
invisibly; secretly; privately
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to bawl; to cry; to scream