small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
long time; long interval; for quite some time
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
treating (someone) like an object
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
a find; windfall; bargain
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen