pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
metal plate; metallic plate
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
wicker basket; wickerwork basket
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
control; management (e.g. of a business)
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
outside world; physical world
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection