to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
addition; annexation; appendage
belief; faith; conviction
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
this for sure; certainly is
to look down on; to make light of
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
worthy of special mention
to inflate (figures); to jack up (e.g. a score); to pad
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
buying price; cost price; purchase price
country living; life in the country; country life
hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
being in one's room (office, etc.)
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
laundry; laundromat; launderette
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
grated daikon; daikon grater
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
washing with cold water (without using soap, etc.)
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
work-in-progress; working state
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
clanging; empty; deserted
academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome