thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
subordinate work; assistant; servant
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
night watch; fire watchman
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
polite; courteous; hospitable
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
fake; something false; sham; deception
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
defense; defence; guard; policing; security