Afro (hairstyle); Afro-; African
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
someone; a certain person
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
son of a bitch; piece of shit
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
reaction; response; reaction