sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
not caring; not giving a damn
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
wings of the nose (i.e. nostril)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
restraint; restriction; control; check
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to differ; to vary; to disagree
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
one end; an end; part; fragment
month-long period; (during) month
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly