dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to palm off; to force a sale
flour; meal; powder; heroin
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
people; men and women; each person; everybody
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
transactions; dealings; business
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
(political) power; authority; influence
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
difficult to ...; hard to ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work