support; backing; patronage
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
such ... as; or some such
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to put one's strength into
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
blood, sweat and tears; (lit.) sweat of blood
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other