menial; meanness; servility; abject
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
condition; figure; appearance; voice
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
whooping cough; pertussis
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to close (one's eyes); to shut
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
scabies; sarcoptic mange; the itch
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)