unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother
crash; smash; crunch; bang
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
for a change; for variety's sake
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
hard life; life of austerity
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
reading aloud; reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
emotional scars; mental trauma
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (something) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
technical term; terminology; jargon
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence