no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
guess; conjecture; surmise
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
accurate; correct; precise; exact
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet); to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
incident; affair; happening; event
merits; distinguished services
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
just a minute; small quantity
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
personal; individual; private
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to send or direct a person to
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing