to be complacent; to look self-satisfied
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
considerably; fairly; quite
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
woman; lady; adult female
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
that is to say; so that means
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
large build; large pattern
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor