highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
gem; jewel; precious stone
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
it's not like; it isn't as if
reality; actuality; hard fact
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
(drink) at a gulp; with a gulp; in gulps
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to pause; to have a short intermission
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to press against each other; to huddle together
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise