endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
penalty; sentence; punishment
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
excretion; discharge; excrement
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
trip abroad; overseas travel
accurate; correct; precise; exact
Amazon (river, rainforest etc.); Amazon (woman of Greek mythology)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
personal; individual; private
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to join together; to combine; to join up
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive