to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
another time; some other time
the way back; the way home; return trip
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
leather strap; thong; leash
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to set (sun); to become dark
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
all over; all over the place; everywhere
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
solitude; loneliness; isolation
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist