money to cover the cost of preparations or arrangements
advance payment; advance delivery
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
genuine; authentic; true; real
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
suspicious-looking; fishy
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to be sooty; to be stained
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
letter; missive; note; mail
easy to read; legible; clear