fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
independent action; acting alone
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
verbal promise; one's word
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt