to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
festival; feast; carnival
night stall; night shop; night fair
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
changing clothes; change of clothes
common use; communal use; sharing
very interesting; of great interest
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
nine parts; nine percent; almost
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
standard value; reference value; nominal value
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)