to be indebted; to be under an obligation
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to be at a loss for words
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to push aside; to push one's way through
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person