stingy; cheap; very frugal
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
along the road; along the way
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
(having) life-and-death power (over)
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
great physical power; animal strength
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to be enraged; to flip out
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
rash assumption; hasty conclusion
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
time around sunset; early evening
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
dream for the future; hopes for the future
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again