to serve; to work for; to attend
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to count on one's fingers
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
dull sound; muffled sound
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
dullard; indecisive person
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
sentiment; sentimentality
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission