low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
while; even though; despite
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
escaping from prison; jailbreak
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
covered in mud; mud-caked
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
treating someone like a child
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
something; some kind of; for some reason
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to imitate; to follow; to emulate