to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
on the occasion of; at the time of
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
motive power; driving force
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
short and stout; small but wide around
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat