friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
very much; very many; more and more
almost; roughly; approximately
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
maid; helper; help; assistance
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
such; this sort of; like this
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
distant look; faraway look
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
anything and everything; just about everything
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to repeat; to do something over again