robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
most difficult; next to impossible
deed; act; work; performance
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
feeling; sense; impression
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
standing statue; standing image
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to part left and right; to open out
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
conventionality; triteness
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
account book; register; ledger
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
oppression; suppression; pressure
hereabouts; around there; that area
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority