indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
distinction; differentiation; classification
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
round shape; circle; circular form
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
job; work; duties; trade; skill
moaning; muttering; complaining
funeral performed for somebody while they are alive; living funeral
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)