bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
apple core; core of an apple
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
-less; lacking; non-existing
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
finger flick to the forehead
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer); night-soil reservoir; cesspool; cesspit
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
such; like that; that sort of
meaning; significance; sense
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable