to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
by today; before the day is over
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
monetary; financial; pecuniary
amount of material resources
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
along the road; along the way
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
store; shop; establishment; restaurant