(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to be needed; to be wanted
to understand; to make out
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked
to dye; to colour; to color
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
quarrel; dispute; argument
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
suffix for familiar person