parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
boisterously; roughly; briskly
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
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
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
killing two birds with one stone
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
chimney sweeping (cleaning)