true state; actual condition; reality
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
to kick (at someone, something)
to be smeared; to be covered
to fly around; to scatter
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
free (of charge); gratuitous
food and drink; eating and drinking
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
although; but; even though; I wish that
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to triumph; to be elated with success
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting