man; male; masculine gender
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
woman; female; feminine gender
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
very young; little; childish; immature
silence (not speaking); muteness
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
something; some kind of; for some reason
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
that is to say; so that means
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
short and stout; small but wide around
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight