working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
honor; honour; credit; prestige
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
so; like this; in this way
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
whereabout; about where; how much
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to take on a role; to take part
suffix for familiar person
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
trip story; vacation story
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
that is to say; so that means
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)