manufacturing method; recipe; formula
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
edict; ordinance; proclamation
based on; on the basis of
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
nape (of the neck); nucha
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
like this; in this way; as you see
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
like this; this sort; this way
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
impossible to do (although wants to)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley