to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
quick work; (clever) feat
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
cooperation; collaboration
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
audience; spectator; spectators
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
participants; participating athletes
large amount of money; great cost
easy money; easy gain; making a killing
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
share; portion; quota; cut
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
searching for someone; search for a missing person
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
(divine) providence; dispensation
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
fortune-telling; divination
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody