to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
pioneer; settler; colonist
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
a little bit; a little while
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
free ride (e.g. on train)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
what is it exactly?; what is it precisely
nice; good; well-executed
faking crying; crocodile tears
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
surely; certainly; without doubt
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to need; to call for; to require
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth