support; backing; patronage
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
reheating (food); rebaking; remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
three times; thrice; third (interval)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
strong pressure; heavy pressure
all-out attack; general offensive
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
heterosexual person; straight person
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
sexual interest in young boys; boy love; prepubescent boy
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
giving up; quitting; surrendering
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)