lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
the place for; the time for; the level of
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
according to plan; as planned; on target
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to wipe thoroughly; to polish
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
difficult to ...; hard to ...
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
poisoning; kill by poison
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
national border; provincial border
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight