cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
common people; ordinary people; masses
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
to get one's head around; to think about
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to cover fully; to wrap around
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
celebration; auspicious occasion
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
standby; preparation; arrangement
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
reduction by half; halving
to be forward; to be impertinent
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)