halo; hello; hallo; harrow
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
canteen; post exchange; PX
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
imprisonment; incarceration
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
I don't want to boast but
steady; sound; reliable; solid
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
pointing and calling (occupational safety method)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
re-education; retraining; in-service training
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships