large amount of money; great cost
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
after tax income; net income
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
stirring; slight movement
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
devotion; attachment; infatuation
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
sympathy; compassion; pity
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
distrust; unjust suspicion
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
discipline; training; teaching manners
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to grimace; to make a wry face
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)