moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
big man; large man; tall man; giant
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in person; personally; directly
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to spread; to be propagated
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
store; reserve; stock; savings
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
district; section; sector
matter of time; question of time
weakening; emaciation; decline
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
means of making a living; source of income; bread and butter; livelihood
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone