starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
to slide down; to slip down
light; easy; non-serious; minor
model demonstration; model performance; exhibition
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
to scrape off; to shave off
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to yearn for; to pine for
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
to put on airs; to assume importance
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
black lustre; black luster
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
old friend; old acquaintance