endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to help each other; to cooperate
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
financial power; financial means; wealth
first meeting; first interview with
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to ask; to enquire; to query
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
physical condition; state of health
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
serious accident; major incident
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
to say; to be pleased to say
one's post; place of work; workplace
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
dismissal; sacking; discharge
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
indictment; prosecution; complaint
sooner or later; in time; eventually
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge