as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
second marriage; remarriage
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
spine (of book); binding (of book)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
to suture a wound; to sew up a wound
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
two colours; two varieties; two types
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
taijitu; cosmic dual forces symbol; yin-yang symbol
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling