fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
in one's own way or style
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
that is to say; so that means
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
as a child; when one was a child; childhood