small fraction; small proportion
in the course of one's duties
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
unique; individual; original; unusual
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
person who avoids others; social outcast
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
dodgy dealings; monkey business
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to wipe the slate clean; to start anew
to be forward; to be impertinent
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
on the occasion of; at the time of
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
based on; on the basis of
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
solidarity; joint; collective
to understand from experience
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to find fault with; to question
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
vitality; (one's) life force
(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
torture to death; torment to death
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
godparent; first person to give something its name
personal feelings; self-interest