brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; (lit.) the nose and eyes are in place
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
towering; astonishingly high
to make sure of the truth
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
practice; practising; experience
jokingly; in the form of a joke
swaying (repeatedly, in a large, slow motion)
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to rant and rave; to raise hell
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
proper; appropriate; due; suitable